NGC 3269
| Galaxy NGC 3269 |
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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 57.0 s |
| declination | -35 ° 13 ′ 28 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R'_2) SAB (s) a |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.4 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 8 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Antlia Cluster LGG 202 |
| Redshift | 0.012522 +/- 0.000110 |
| Radial velocity | 3754 +/- 33 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(158 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (48.5 ± 3.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | May 1, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3269 • PGC 30945 • ESO 375-044 • MCG -06-23-040 • 2MASX J10295707-3513277 • SGC 102742-3458.0 • LDCE 729 NED085 | |
NGC 3269 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 / a in the constellation Antlia in the southern sky . It is an estimated 158 million light years from the Milky Way , has a diameter of about 115,000 ly, and is a member of the Antlia galaxy cluster .
The galaxies NGC 3267 , NGC 3268 , NGC 3271 , IC 2584 are in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on May 1, 1834 by John Herschel .