NGC 2322
Galaxy NGC 2322 |
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NGC 2322 with NGC 2320 | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | lynx |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 07 h 06 m 00.30 s |
declination | + 50 ° 30 ′ 37.1 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | SBa |
Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
Position angle | 136 ° |
Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.021088 ± 0.000180 |
Radial velocity | 6322 ± 54 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(284 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (87.2 ± 6.1) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | William Herschel |
Discovery date | December 28, 1790 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 2322 • UGC 3662 • PGC 20142 • CGCG 234-050 • MCG + 08-13-054 • 2MASX J07060028 + 5030370 • GC 1481 • H III 874 • GALEX ASC J070600.23 + 503037.7 • LDCE 484 NED015 |
NGC 2322 is a barred 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 90,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 2315 , NGC 2320 , NGC 2321 , NGC 2326 .
The property was bought on December 28, 1790 by William Herschel .