NGC 3246
| Galaxy NGC 3246 |
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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 41.8 s |
| declination | + 03 ° 51 ′ 43 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SABdm |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.5 likes |
| Angular expansion | 2.4 ′ × 1.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 100 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.007185 ± 0.000019 |
| Radial velocity | (2154 ± 6) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(90 ± 6) x 10 6 ly (27.7 ± 1.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 9, 1828 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3246 • UGC 5661 • PGC 30684 • CGCG 037-037 • MCG + 01-27-009 • 2MASX J10264176 + 0351435 • | |
NGC 3246 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBdm in the constellation Sextant. It is estimated to be 90 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on April 9, 1828 by John Herschel .