NGC 2223
| Galaxy NGC 2223 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big dog |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 06 h 24 m 35.9 s |
| declination | -22 ° 50 ′ 18 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (rs) bc |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3 ′ × 2.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 175 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.009080 ± 0.000020 |
| Radial velocity | 2722 ± 6 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(114 ± 8) · 10 6 ly (34.8 ± 2.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | January 23, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2223 • PGC 18978 • ESO 489-049 • MCG -04-16-002 • IRAS 06224-2248 • 2MASX J06243588-2250176 • SGC 062230-2248.6 • HIPASS J0624-22 • LDCE 0431 NED011 | |
NGC 2223 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Great Dog south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 114 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 105,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky is the galaxy NGC 2227 .
The type II supernova SN 1993K was observed here.
The object was discovered by John Herschel on January 23, 1835 .