NGC 3223
| Galaxy NGC 3223 / IC 2571 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Air pump |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 21 m 35.1 s |
| declination | -34 ° 16 ′ 01 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (r) bc / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 11.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 4.1 ′ × 2.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 135 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation |
Antlia group NGC 3258 group LGG 196 |
| Redshift | 0.009644 ± 0.000022 |
| Radial velocity | 2891 ± 7 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(119 ± 8) · 10 6 ly (36.6 ± 2.6) Mpc |
| diameter | 160,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | February 2, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3223 • IC 2571 • PGC 30308 • ESO 375-012 • MCG -06-23-023 • IRAS 10193-3400 • 2MASX J10213507-3416004 • SGC 101921-3400.8 • GC 2085 • h 3243 • HIPASS J1021-34 • LDCE 729 NED061 | |
NGC 3223 = IC 2571 is a spiral galaxy with extensive star formation areas of the Hubble type Sb in the constellation Antlia in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 119 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 150,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 3224 and IC 2570 .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on February 2, 1835 .