NGC 3232
| Galaxy NGC 3232 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Little lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 24 m 24.2 s |
| declination | + 28 ° 01 ′ 34 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | DBL Sys |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.020985 ± 0.000140 |
| Radial velocity | (6291 ± 42) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(279 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (85.5 ± 6.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | December 29, 1861 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3232 • PGC 30508 • CGCG 154-008 • MCG + 05-25-004 • 2MASX i J1024241 + 280133 • | |
NGC 3232 is an interacting pair of galaxies in the constellation Little Leo. It is an estimated 279 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Heinrich d'Arrest on December 29, 1861 .