NGC 3274
| Galaxy NGC 3274 |
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| Image of the galaxy NGC 3274 & PGC 213714 with the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 10 h 32 m 17.3 s |
| declination | + 27 ° 40 ′ 08 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SABd? |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.0 / 1.1 |
| Position angle | 100 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.001791 +/- 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 537 +/- 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(22 ± 2) x 10 6 ly (6.72 ± 0.48) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 11, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3274 • UGC 5721 • PGC 31122 • CGCG 154-024 • MCG + 05-25-20 • IRAS 10294 + 2755 • 2MASX J10321728 + 2740075 • GC 2131 • H II 358 • h 720 • WAS 13, LDCE 0743 NED004 | |
NGC 3274 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBcd? in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic , which is an estimated 22 million light years from the Milky Way . It forms an optical pair with the much more distant galaxy PGC 213714 .
The object was discovered on April 11, 1785 by the astronomer William Herschel using his 18.7 inch telescope and was later listed by Johan Dreyer in his New General Catalog .
Web links
- astronews.com: Picture of the day November 23, 2016
- SIMBAD query