NGC 2216
| Galaxy NGC 2216 |
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| Image taken with the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big dog |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 06 h 21 m 30.7 s |
| declination | -22 ° 05 ′ 15 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (r) from: / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 20 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.009577 +/- 0.000117 |
| Radial velocity | (2871 +/- 35) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(120 ± 8) x 10 6 ly (36.9 ± 2.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | January 23, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2216 • PGC 18877 • ESO 556-G017 • MCG -04-15-027 • IRAS 6194-2203 • 2MASX J06213076-2205146 • GC 1400 • h 3040 • LDCE 0431 NED010 | |
NGC 2216 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble-type SBab in the constellation Great Dog south of the celestial equator . It is around 120 million light years away from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on January 23, 1835 by the British astronomer John Herschel .