NGC 2228
| Galaxy NGC 2228 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Swordfish |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 06 h 21 m 15.5 s |
| declination | -64 ° 27 ′ 32 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA0 ^ 0 ^: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.024217 ± 0.000667 |
| Radial velocity | 7260 ± 200 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(315 ± 24) · 10 6 ly (96.6 ± 7.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | January 31, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2228 • PGC 18862 • ESO 087-007 • 2MASX J06211557-6427319 • SGC 062101-6426.0 • GALEX MSC J062116.00-642732.5 • LDCE 448 NED005 | |
NGC 2228 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Dorado 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.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 2229 , NGC 2230 , NGC 2233 , NGC 2235 , among others .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on January 31, 1835 .