NGC 3260
| Galaxy NGC 3260 |
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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 29 m 06.1 s |
| declination | -35 ° 35 ′ 45 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 2 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Antlia cluster LGG 200 |
| Redshift | 0.008059 ± 0.000107 |
| Radial velocity | (2416 ± 32) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(98 ± 7) · 10 6 ly (30.1 ± 2.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | May 12, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3260 • PGC 30875 • ESO 375-040 • MCG -06-23-033 • 2MASX J10290637-3535429 • SGC 102651-3520.3 • LDCE 729 NED080 | |
NGC 3260 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E in the constellation Antlia on the southern sky . It is estimated to be 98 million light years away from the Milky Way , about 35,000 ly in diameter, and a member of the Antlia Galaxy Cluster . Together with NGC 3273 and IC 2584, the NGC 3273 group ( LGG 200 ).
The galaxies NGC 3257 , NGC 3258 , NGC 3267 , NGC 3268 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on May 12, 1834 by the British astronomer John Herschel .