NGC 3214
| Galaxy NGC 3214 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big Bear |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 23 m 08.8 s |
| declination | + 57 ° 02 ′ 21 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA0 / a: |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 39 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | WBL 265-003 |
| Redshift | 0.025825 ± 0.000080 |
| Radial velocity | 7742 ± 24 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(349 ± 24) x 10 6 ly (107.0 ± 7.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Ralph Copeland |
| Discovery date | March 9, 1874 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3214 • PGC 30419 • CGCG 290-032 • MCG + 10-15-071 • 2MASX J10230877 + 5702204 • GALEX ASC J102308.74 + 570220.3 • HOLM 182A | |
NGC 3214 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Great Bear in the northern sky . It is an estimated 349 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 70,000 ly. Together with NGC 3220 , it forms the optical pair of galaxies Holm 182 .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 3188 , NGC 3206 , NGC 3238 .
The object was discovered by Ralph Copeland on March 9, 1874 .
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