NGC 2222
| Galaxy NGC 2222 |
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| NGC 2221, NGC 2222 & ESO 161-1 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | painter |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 06 h 20 m 17.0 s |
| declination | -57 ° 32 ′ 04 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SBa? / pec / sp |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 150 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.008679 ± 0.000037 |
| Radial velocity | 2602 ± 11 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(107 ± 8) · 10 6 ly (32.8 ± 2.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | 4th December 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2222 • PGC 18835 • ESO 121-025 • 2MASX J06201707-5732043 • SGC 061927-5730.4 • SUMSS J062016-573202 | |
NGC 2222 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBa in the constellation Painter in the southern sky . It is an estimated 107 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 40,000 ly. Together with NGC 2221 , it forms a gravitationally bound pair of galaxies.
The object was discovered by John Herschel on December 4, 1834 .