NGC 3296
| Galaxy NGC 3296 / IC 618 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Water snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 32 m 45.4 s |
| declination | -12 ° 43 ′ 03 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E0: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.70 × 0.7 |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.029250 +/- 0.000140 |
| Radial velocity | 8769 +/- 42 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(384 ± 27) · 10 6 ly (117.7 ± 8.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Francis Leavenworth |
| Discovery date | February 26, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3296 • IC 618 • PGC 31155 • 2MASX J10324540-1243018 • LDCE 0737 NED002 • GALEX ASC J103245.42-124300.1 | |
NGC 3296 = IC 618 is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E0 in the constellation Hydra south of the celestial equator . It is estimated to be 384 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 75,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 3280 , NGC 3295 , NGC 3297 , IC 617 , among others .
The object was discovered by Francis Leavenworth on February 26, 1886 .