NGC 3271

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Galaxy
NGC 3271 / IC 2585
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NGC 3271 DSS.jpg
AladinLite
Constellation Air pump
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 10 h 30 m 26.5 s
declination -35 ° 21 ′ 34 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SAB (s) 0 ^ 0 / BrClG  
Brightness  (visual) 11.8 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 12.8 mag
Angular expansion 3.3 ′ × 1.8 ′
Position angle 106 °
Surface brightness 13.6 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation Antlia Cluster
LGG 202  
Redshift 0.012689 +/- 0.000053  
Radial velocity 3804 +/- 16 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(160 ± 11)  ·  10 6  ly
(49.2 ± 3.4)  Mpc 
history
discovery John Herschel
Discovery date May 1, 1834
Catalog names
NGC  3271 • IC  2585 ​​• PGC  30988 • ESO  375-048 • MCG  -06-23-044 • 2MASX  J10302648-3521343 • SGC  102811-3506.1 • LDCE 729 NED088

NGC 3271 = IC 2585 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Air Pump in the southern sky . It is an estimated 160 million light-years from the Milky Way , about 160,000 ly in diameter, and the brightest member of the Antlia galaxy cluster .
The galaxies NGC 3267 , NGC 3268 , NGC 3269 , NGC 3273 are located in the same area of ​​the sky .

The object was discovered on May 1, 1834 by John Herschel .

NGC 3271 group ( LGG 202 )

Galaxy Alternative name Distance / million Lj
NGC 3271 PGC 30988 160
NGC 3267 PGC 30934 156
NGC 3269 PGC 30945 158

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 3271
  3. ^ VizieR
  4. Seligman