NGC 3241
| Galaxy NGC 3241 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Air pump |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 24 m 16.9 s |
| declination | -32 ° 28 ′ 57 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (r) b / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.4 ′ × 1.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 123 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.010070 ± 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | 3019 ± 4 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(125 ± 9) · 10 6 ly (38.4 ± 2.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | February 16, 1836 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3241 • PGC 30498 • ESO 436-016 • MCG -05-25-002 • IRAS 10220-3213 • 2MASX J10241695-3228574 • SGC 102201-3213.7 • GALEX ASC J102417.11-322858.2 • LDCE 729 NED064 | |
NGC 3241 is a bar-spiral galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type SBab in the constellation Antlia in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 125 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 95,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky there are u. a. the galaxies IC 2575 and IC 2576 .
The supernova SN 2008ef was observed here.
The object was discovered by John Herschel on February 16, 1836 .