NGC 3244
| Galaxy NGC 3244 |
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| VLT image of the galaxy (left); on the right: TYC 7713-527-1 , a galactic foreground star | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Air pump |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 25 m 28.8 s |
| declination | -39 ° 49 ′ 39 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (rs) cd / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.0 likes |
| Angular expansion | 2.1 ′ × 1.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 170 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.009211 ± 0.000022 |
| Radial velocity | 2761 ± 7 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(114 ± 8) · 10 6 ly (34.8 ± 2.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 22, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3244 • PGC 30594 • ESO 317-024 • MCG -07-22-005 • IRAS 10232-3934 • 2MASX J10252885-3949392 • SGC 102318-3934.4 • GALEX ASC J102528.79-394938.3 • LDCE 725 NED012 | |
NGC 3244 is a spiral galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type Sc in the constellation Air Pump in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 114 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 75,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 3250 .
The Type Ia supernova SN 2010ev was observed here.
The object was discovered by John Herschel on April 22, 1835 and was listed by Dreyer in the New General Catalog .
Web links
Commons : NGC 3244 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
- SIMBAD Astronomical Database
- astronews.com: Picture of the day May 27, 2011