NGC 3281
Galaxy NGC 3281 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | Air pump |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 10 h 31 m 52.1 s |
declination | -34 ° 51 ′ 13 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | SAB (rs +) a / Sy2 |
Brightness (visual) | 11.9 likes |
Brightness (B-band) | 12.7 mag |
Angular expansion | 3.2 ′ × 1.6 ′ |
Position angle | 140 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Affiliation | LGG 203 |
Redshift | 0.010674 ± 0.000073 |
Radial velocity | 3200 ± 22 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(133 ± 9) x 10 6 ly (40.9 ± 2.9) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | John Herschel |
Discovery date | May 2, 1834 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 3281 • PGC 31090 • ESO 375-055 • MCG -06-23-050 • 2MASX J10315208-3451133 • LDCE 0729 NED098 |
NGC 3281 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBab in the constellation Air Pump in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 133 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on May 2, 1834 .