NGC 3022
| Galaxy NGC 3022 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | sextant |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 09 h 49 m 39.2 s |
| declination | -05 ° 10 ′ 00 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SAB0 ^ 0 ^ |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.6 ′ × 1.6 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 14.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.020868 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | (6256 ± 10) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(272 ± 19) · 10 6 ly (83.4 ± 5.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | February 19, 1830 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3022 • PGC 28257 • MCG -01-25-046 • 2MASX J09493926-0509599 • LDCE 0678 NED005 | |
NGC 3022 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Sextant in the southern sky . It is an estimated 272 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on February 19, 1830 .