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galaxy

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
GiP
Redshift
z = 0.003910345255603298
Morphology
S/IB
Coordinates
RA 155.9344° · Dec 57.0271°
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Key facts

Constellation
Ursa Major
Right ascension
10 23 44.6
Declination
+57 ° 01 ′ 37 ″
Redshift
0.003875 ± 0.000006
Heliocentric radial velocity
1162 ± 2 km/s
Distance
63.5 ± 4.5 Mly (19.47 ± 1.37 Mpc )
Group or cluster
NGC 3264 group
Type
SB(s)cd? Sd
Apparent size v
1.3′ × 0.5′

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
spiral galaxy
Constellation
Ursa Major
Image
NGC3220 - SDSS DR14.jpg
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declination
57.0271111
redshift
0.003969
time of discovery or invention
1793-04-08
catalog code
LEDA 30462
apparent magnitude
11.596
right ascension
155.9344333
discoverer or inventor
William Herschel
galaxy morphological type
Sbc
Commons category
NGC 3220
radial velocity
1188
epoch
J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 3220 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation Ursa Major. It was discovered by the German-born British astronomer William Herschel on 8 April 1793.

The galaxy was also observed by the American astronomer Lewis Swift on 8 August 1890 and was subsequently listed in the Index Catalogue as IC 604.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 3220” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.