NGC 3221
| Galaxy NGC 3221 |
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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 22 m 20.0 s |
| declination | + 21 ° 34 ′ 10 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) cd: sp; HII; LIRG |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.1 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 167 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.013709 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | (4110 ± 5) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(180 ± 13) x 10 6 ly (55.3 ± 3.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | January 1, 1862 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3221 • UGC 5601 • PGC 30358 • CGCG 124-017 • MCG + 04-25-013 • 2MASX J10221998 + 2134105 • | |
NGC 3221 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Leo at the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 180 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Heinrich d'Arrest on January 1, 1862 .