IC 3222 | |
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![]() IC 3222 captured by
DESI Legacy Surveys | |
Observation data | |
Constellation | Coma Berenices |
Right ascension | 12h 22m 19.471s |
Declination | +28d 49m 53.73s |
Redshift | 0.065330 |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 19,585 kpc |
Distance | 869 Mly (266.4 Mpc) |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 15.7 |
Characteristics | |
Type | Sbc, Sc, LINER, |
Size | 235,000 ly |
Apparent size (V) | 0.90 x 0.6 arcmin |
Other designations | |
PGC 40065, UGC 7437, MCG +05-29-073, KISSR 038, 2MASX J12221942+2849541, IRAS F12198+2906, CS 1039, SDSS J122219.47+284953.7, NVSS J122219+284952, MaNGA 01-453898, [TTL2012] 338242, FIRST J122219.4+284954, WISEA J122219.50+284954.3, LEDA 40065 |
IC 3222 known as PGC 40065 and UGC 7437, is a barred spiral galaxy with a ring structure [1] located in the constellation of Coma Berenices. [2] [3] It is located 869 million light-years from the Solar System [4] and has dimensions of 0.90 x 0.6 arcmin, [5] meaning IC 3222 is 235,000 light-years across in diameter. This makes it a large galaxy. IC 3222 was discovered by Max Wolf on March 23, 1903. [6]
IC 3222 has an active galactic nucleus. It is classified as a LINER galaxy. [7] [8] That is, a galaxy whose nucleus presents an emission spectrum which is characterized by broad lines of weakly ionized atoms. [4]
This activity might be attributed to a central mass-accreting supermassive black hole, making IC 3222 one of the galaxies with the largest AGN sub-population, which dominate in numbers over Seyfert galaxies and quasars. [9]
IC 3222 | |
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![]() IC 3222 captured by
DESI Legacy Surveys | |
Observation data | |
Constellation | Coma Berenices |
Right ascension | 12h 22m 19.471s |
Declination | +28d 49m 53.73s |
Redshift | 0.065330 |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 19,585 kpc |
Distance | 869 Mly (266.4 Mpc) |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 15.7 |
Characteristics | |
Type | Sbc, Sc, LINER, |
Size | 235,000 ly |
Apparent size (V) | 0.90 x 0.6 arcmin |
Other designations | |
PGC 40065, UGC 7437, MCG +05-29-073, KISSR 038, 2MASX J12221942+2849541, IRAS F12198+2906, CS 1039, SDSS J122219.47+284953.7, NVSS J122219+284952, MaNGA 01-453898, [TTL2012] 338242, FIRST J122219.4+284954, WISEA J122219.50+284954.3, LEDA 40065 |
IC 3222 known as PGC 40065 and UGC 7437, is a barred spiral galaxy with a ring structure [1] located in the constellation of Coma Berenices. [2] [3] It is located 869 million light-years from the Solar System [4] and has dimensions of 0.90 x 0.6 arcmin, [5] meaning IC 3222 is 235,000 light-years across in diameter. This makes it a large galaxy. IC 3222 was discovered by Max Wolf on March 23, 1903. [6]
IC 3222 has an active galactic nucleus. It is classified as a LINER galaxy. [7] [8] That is, a galaxy whose nucleus presents an emission spectrum which is characterized by broad lines of weakly ionized atoms. [4]
This activity might be attributed to a central mass-accreting supermassive black hole, making IC 3222 one of the galaxies with the largest AGN sub-population, which dominate in numbers over Seyfert galaxies and quasars. [9]