NGC 223

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Galaxy
NGC 223
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NGC 223 & LEDA 3117027 [1] (above) SDSS image
NGC 223 & LEDA 3117027 (above) SDSS image
AladinLite
Constellation whale
Position
equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 00 h 42 m 15.9 s
declination + 00 ° 50 ′ 44 ″
Appearance
Morphological type (R ') SB (r) 0 / a: / LINER  
Brightness  (visual) 13.4 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.3 mag
Angular expansion 1.3 ′ × 0.9 ′
Position angle 62 °
Surface brightness 13.5 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation GH83 6 ( Geller , Huchra , 1983)  
Redshift 0.017772 +/- 0.000071  
Radial velocity 5328 ± 21 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0 		(242 ± 17)  x  10 6  ly
(74.2 ± 5.2)  Mpc 
history
discovery George Phillips Bond
Heinrich Louis d'Arrest
Discovery date January 5, 1853
January 1, 1862
Catalog names
NGC  223 • IC  44 • UGC  450 • PGC  2527 • CGCG  383-074 • MCG  + 00-02-129 • IRAS  F00397 + 0034 • 2MASX  J00421585 + 0050432 • GC  119 • GALEX ASC J004215.95 + 005042.7

NGC 223 = IC 44 is a lens-shaped galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type S0 / a / P in the constellation Whale south of the ecliptic . It is an estimated 242 million light years from the Milky Way and about 95,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 196 , NGC 197 , NGC 201 , NGC 219 .

The object was discovered on January 5, 1853 by George Phillips Bond ; independently of this, she also discovered Heinrich Louis d'Arrest . It was later described by Lewis Swift (November 21, 1886).

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. ↑ a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. ↑ a b c d e SEDS : NGC 223
  4. ↑ Seligman

Attention: The sorting key "NGC 0223" overwrites the previously used key "IC0044".