NGC 3323
| Galaxy NGC 3323 |
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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 39 m 39.0 s |
| declination | + 25 ° 19 ′ 22 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB / pec? |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 174 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.017225 +/- 0.000107 |
| Radial velocity | (5164 +/- 32) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(228 ± 16) x 10 6 ly (70.0 ± 4.9) Mpc |
| diameter | 70,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | March 15, 1877 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3323 • UGC 5800 • PGC 31712 • CGCG 124-049 • MCG + 04-25-036 • IRAS 10368 + 2535 • 2MASX J10393902 + 2519214 • | |
NGC 3323 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SB in the constellation Little Leo in the northern sky . It is an estimated 228 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 70,000 ly. The galaxy has strong deformations of its spiral arms .
The object was discovered on March 15, 1877 by Édouard Stephan .