NGC 2321

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Galaxy
NGC 2321
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NGC 2321 [1]
NGC 2321
AladinLite
Constellation lynx
Position
equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 07 h 05 m 59.003 s
declination + 50 ° 45 ′ 21.73 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SBa  
Brightness  (visual) 13.9 likes
Brightness  (B-band) 14.8 mag
Angular expansion 1.4 ′ × 1.1 ′
Position angle 135 °
Surface brightness 14.2 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.021075 ± 0.000043  
Radial velocity 6318 ± 13 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0 		(284 ± 20)  x  10 6  ly
(87.2 ± 6.1)  Mpc 
history
discovery George Stoney
Discovery date December 18, 1849
Catalog names
NGC  2321 • UGC  3663 • PGC  20141 • CGCG  234-051 • MCG  + 08-13-053 • 2MASX  J07055903 + 5045210 • 2MASS J07055904 + 5045215 • WISEA J070559.01 + 504521.9 • LDCE 484 NED014

NGC 2321 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBa in the constellation Lynx in the northern sky . It is an estimated 284 million light years from the Milky Way and about 115,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 2315 , NGC 2320 , NGC 2322 , NGC 2326 .

The property was built on December 18, 1849 by George Johnstone Stoney .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. ↑ a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. ↑ a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 2321
  4. ↑ Seligman