NGC 223
Galaxy NGC 223 |
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NGC 223 & LEDA 3117027 (above) SDSS image | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | whale |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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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).
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Individual evidence
Attention: The sorting key "NGC 0223" overwrites the previously used key "IC0044".