NGC 3243
| Galaxy NGC 3243 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | sextant |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 26 m 21.5 s |
| declination | -02 ° 37 ′ 20 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 ^ 0 ^ / pec: |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 125 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 205 |
| Redshift | 0.018486 ± 0.000093 |
| Radial velocity | 5542 ± 28 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(241 ± 17) x 10 6 ly (73.8 ± 5.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | April 2, 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3243 • UGC 5652 • PGC 30655 • CGCG 009-033 • MCG + 00-27-012 • 2MASX J10262146-0237197 • NSA 137323 • LDCE 727 NED003 | |
NGC 3243 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Sextant south of the ecliptic . It is an estimated 241 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 100,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky is the galaxy IC 609 .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on April 2, 1886 .