NGC 3216
| Galaxy NGC 3216 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 21 m 41.2 s |
| declination | + 23 ° 55 ′ 23 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 1 ′ |
| Position angle | 0 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.039250 ± 0.000090 |
| Radial velocity | (11767 ± 27) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(523 ± 37) · 10 6 ly (160.3 ± 11.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 10, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3216 • UGC 5593 • PGC 30312 • CGCG 124-008 • MCG + 05-25-001 • 2MASX J10214125 + 2355224 • GC 2080 • H III 330 • h 702 • | |
NGC 3216 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 523 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on April 10, 1785 .