NGC 3223
NGC 3223
DSS image of NGC 3223
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationAntlia
Right ascension10h 21m 35.076s[1]
Declination−34° 16′ 00.44″[1]
Redshift0.009704[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity2,896 km/s[3]
Distance109.5 Mly (33.57 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (V)10.82[2]
Apparent magnitude (B)11.82[2]
Characteristics
TypeSA(s)b, Sb(s)I-II[4]
Other designations
MCG -06-23-023, PGC 30308[2]

NGC 3223 is a faint spiral galaxy in the constellation Antlia.[5] It was discovered on February 2, 1835 by the English astronomer John Herschel.[6] The galaxy lies at a distance of approximately 110 million light years away and is receding with a heliocentric radial velocity of 2,896 km/s.[3] The morphological class of NGC 3223 is SA(s)b,[4] indicating it is a spiral with no central bar (SA), no inner ring feature, and moderately tightly wound spiral arms. The galactic plane is inclined at an angle of 46° to the line of sight from the Earth, with the major axis along a position angle of 128°. It has at least two well-defined arms and is flocculent in appearance.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 Skrutskie, Michael F.; et al. (February 1, 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. S2CID 18913331.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "NGC 3223". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
  3. 1 2 3 Tully, R. Brent; et al. (August 2016). "Cosmicflows-3". The Astronomical Journal. 152 (2): 21. arXiv:1605.01765. Bibcode:2016AJ....152...50T. doi:10.3847/0004-6256/152/2/50. S2CID 250737862. 50.
  4. 1 2 Eskridge, Paul B.; et al. (November 2002). "Near-Infrared and Optical Morphology of Spiral Galaxies". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 143 (1): 73–111. arXiv:astro-ph/0206320. Bibcode:2002ApJS..143...73E. doi:10.1086/342340. S2CID 15491635.
  5. ↑ Dunlop, Storm (2005). Atlas of the Night Sky. Collins. ISBN 978-0-00-717223-8.
  6. ↑ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 3200 - 3249". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
  7. ↑ Grosbol, P. J.; Patsis, P. A. (August 1998). "Stellar disks of optically flocculent and grand design spirals. Decoupling of stellar and gaseous disks". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 336: 840–854. Bibcode:1998A&A...336..840G.


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