NGC 3323

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Galaxy
NGC 3323
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Little lion
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
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  
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 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 3323
  3. Seligman