NGC 7222

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Galaxy
NGC 7222
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NGC 7222 [1]
NGC 7222
AladinLite
Constellation Aquarius
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 22 h 10 m 51.760 s
declination + 02 ° 06 ′ 20.87 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SB (r) b  
Brightness  (visual) 14.0 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.8 mag
Angular expansion 1.2 '× 1.2'
Surface brightness 14.1 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.041449 ± 0.000133  
Radial velocity 12,426 ± 40 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(562 ± 39)  ·  10 6  Lj
(172.3 ± 12.1)  Mpc 
history
discovery Albert Marth
Discovery date August 11, 1864
Catalog names
NGC  7222 • UGC  11934 • PGC  68224 • CGCG  377-035 • MCG  + 00-56-012 • 2MASX  J22105172 + 0206205 • NSA 149629 • SDSS J221051.74 + 020620.9 • WISEA J221051.74 + 020621.0

NGC 7222 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Aquarius on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 562 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 200,000 light years in diameter.

The Type Ia supernova SN 2008dr was observed here.

The object was discovered by Albert Marth on August 11, 1864 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 7222
  4. Simbad
  5. Seligman