IC 3233

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Galaxy
IC 3233
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IC 3233 with LEDA 165110 & LEDA 169153 (ro) [1]
IC 3233 with LEDA 165110 & LEDA 169153 (ro)
AladinLite
Constellation Virgin
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 12 h 22 m 54.894 s
declination + 12 ° 34 ′ 00.36 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Scd  
Brightness  (visual) 15.5 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 16.5 mag
Angular expansion 0.30 'x 0.1'
Position angle 90 °
Surface brightness 11.6 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.025899 ± 0.000087  
Radial velocity 7764 ± 26 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(344 ± 24)  ·  10 6  ly
(105.6 ± 7.4)  Mpc 
history
discovery Royal H. Frost
Discovery date May 7, 1904
Catalog names
IC  3233 • PGC  165111 • KUG  1220 + 128 • 2MASX  J12225487 + 1234006 • 2MASS J12225484 + 1234002 • NSA 66665 • VPC 236

IC 3233 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Virgo north of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 344 million light years from the Milky Way and about 30,000 light years across.
The galaxies NGC 4305 , NGC 4306 , IC 3224 , IC 3258 are located in the same area of ​​the sky .

The object was discovered on May 7, 1904 by the American astronomer Royal Harwood Frost .

Web links

Commons : IC 3233  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. a b c d e f SEDS : IC 3233
  4. Seligman