NGC 3230
| Galaxy NGC 3230 |
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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 23 m 43.9 s |
| declination | + 12 ° 34 ′ 04 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.3 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 115 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.009323 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | (2795 ± 5) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(120 ± 8) x 10 6 ly (36.9 ± 2.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 24, 1830 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3230 • UGC 5624 • PGC 30463 • CGCG 065-020 • MCG + 02-27-007 • 2MASX J10234394 + 1234043 • | |
NGC 3230 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 120 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on March 24, 1830 .