NGC 3222
| Galaxy NGC 3222 |
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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 34.5 s |
| declination | + 19 ° 53 ′ 13 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB0: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.0 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 1 ′ |
| Position angle | 51 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.018630 ± 0.000090 |
| Radial velocity | 5585 ± 27 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(246 ± 17) · 10 6 ly (75.4 ± 5.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Friedrich Winnecke |
| Discovery date | March 1855 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3222 • UGC 5610 • PGC 30377 • CGCG 094-018 • MCG + 03-27-011 • NSA 137189 | |
NGC 3222 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 246 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 85,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky there are u. a. the galaxies NGC 3213 , NGC 3226 , NGC 3227 .
The object was discovered in March 1855 by Friedrich August Theodor Winnecke .
Web links
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