NGC 3224
| Galaxy NGC 3224 |
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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 41.2 s |
| declination | -34 ° 41 ′ 48 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | cD / E + |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.9 ′ × 1.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 133 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation |
Antlia group NGC 3258 group LGG 196 |
| Redshift | 0.010300 ± 0.000060 |
| Radial velocity | 3088 ± 18 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(128 ± 9) · 10 6 ly (39.3 ± 2.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 18, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3224 • PGC 30314 • ESO 375-013 • MCG -06-23-024 • 2MASX J10214118-3441484 • SGC 101927-3426.6 • GALEX ASC J102141.19-344148.0 • LDCE 729 NED062 | |
NGC 3224 is an elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E2 in the constellation Antlia the southern sky . It is estimated to be 128 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 70,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 3223 and IC 2573 , among others .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on April 18, 1835 .