NGC 3220
Galaxy NGC 3220 / IC 604 |
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SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Big Bear |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 10 h 23 m 44.6 s |
declination | + 57 ° 01 ′ 37 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | Sb: / sp |
Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 13.9 likes |
Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
Position angle | 97 ° |
Surface brightness | 12.5 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Affiliation |
NGC 3264 group WBL 265-004 LGG 201 |
Redshift | 0.003903 ± 0.000020 |
Radial velocity | 1170 ± 6 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(55 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (16.9 ± 1.2) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | William Herschel |
Discovery date | April 8, 1793 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 3220 • IC 604 • UGC 5614 • PGC 30462 • CGCG 290-034 • MCG + 10-15-073 • 2MASX J10234426 + 5701375 • GC 2082 • H III 911 • NSA 158263 • HOLM 182B |
NGC 3220 = IC 604 is a spiral dwarf galaxy of the Hubble type Sb in the constellation Great Bear in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 55 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 20,000 ly. Together with NGC 3214 , it forms the optical pair of galaxies Holm 182 .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 3206 and NGC 3238 .
The object was discovered on April 8, 1793 by William Herschel .
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