NGC 3225
| Galaxy NGC 3225 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big Bear |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 25 m 09.9 s |
| declination | + 58 ° 09 ′ 00 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Scd: |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2 ′ × 1 ′ |
| Position angle | 155 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.007118 ± 0.000023 |
| Radial velocity | 2134 ± 7 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(99 ± 7) x 10 6 ly (30.2 ± 2.1) Mpc |
| diameter | 55,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 8, 1793 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3225 • UGC 5631 • PGC 30569 • CGCG 290-037 • MCG + 10-15-077 • IRAS 10218 + 5824 • 2MASX J10250992 + 5809000 • GC 2087 • H II 882 • h 703 • NVSS J102509 + 580858 | |
NGC 3225 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Ursa Major at the northern sky . It is estimated to be 99 million light years from the Milky Way and about 55,000 ly in diameter.
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on April 8, 1793 .
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