NGC 2211
| Galaxy NGC 2211 |
|
|---|---|
![NGC 2211 & NGC 2212 [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC_2211_DSS.jpg)
|
|
| NGC 2211 & NGC 2212 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big dog |
|
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
|
| Right ascension | 06 h 18 m 30.36 s |
| declination | -18 ° 32 ′ 14.2 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (r) 0 ^ 0 ^: |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 22 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.006681 ± 0.000067 |
| Radial velocity | (2003 ± 20) km / s |
|
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(82 ± 6) · 10 6 ly (25.1 ± 1.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Francis Leavenworth |
| Discovery date | December 11, 1885 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2211 • PGC 18794 • ESO 061619-1831.0 • MCG -03-16-021 • 2MASX J06183035-1832139 • SGC 061619-1831.0 • WISEA J061830.38-183214.2 • LDCE 0447 NED001 | |
NGC 2211 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Great Dog south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 82 million light years from the Milky Way and about 35,000 light years in diameter. Presumably it forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair together with NGC 2212 .
The object was discovered by Francis Leavenworth on December 11, 1885 .