Astronomy:NGC 2227

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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Canis Major
NGC 2227
NGC 2227 DSS.jpg
DSS image of NGC 2227
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationCanis Major
Right ascension 06h 25m 57.973s[1]
Declination−22° 00′ 17.41″[1]
Redshift0.007636[2]
Helio radial velocity2280.6 km/s[2]
Distance98.04 ± 0.65 Mly (30.06 ± 0.20 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (V)12.15[4]
Apparent magnitude (B)12.86[4]
Characteristics
TypeSB(rs)c[5]
Other designations
MCG-04-16-004, PGC 19030[2]

NGC 2227 is a barred spiral galaxy with a morphological type of SB(rs)c[5] located in the direction of the Canis Major constellation. It was discovered on January 27, 1835, by John Herschel.[6]

In 1986, a type Ia supernova with an apparent magnitude of 14.0 was detected within NGC 2227, and was designated SN 1986O.[7]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W. et al. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal 131 (2): 1163–1183. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. Bibcode: 2006AJ....131.1163S. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "NGC 2227". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+2227. 
  3. ↑ Tully, R. Brent (2013). "Cosmicflows-2: The Data". The Astronomical Journal 146 (4): 86. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/146/4/86. Bibcode: 2013AJ....146...86T. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Search specification: NGC 2227". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. http://leda.univ-lyon1.fr/ledacat.cgi?o=NGC%202227. Retrieved 2021-02-13. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Results for object NGC 2227 (NGC 2227)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC%202227&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1. Retrieved 2021-02-13. 
  6. ↑ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 2200 - 2249". http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc22.htm#2227. Retrieved 2021-02-13. 
  7. ↑ "SN 1986O". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=SN+1986O. 

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