NGC 3292

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Galaxy
NGC 3292
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NGC 3292 DSS.jpg
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Constellation sextant
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 10 h 35 m 34.4 s
declination -06 ° 10 ′ 47 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0 ^ 0 ^ pec?  
Brightness  (visual) 14.1 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.1 mag
Angular expansion 1.1 ′ × 0.9 ′
Position angle 175 °
Surface brightness 14.0 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.007438 ± 0.000107  
Radial velocity (2230 ± 32) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(93 ± 7)  ·  10 6  ly
(28.4 ± 2.0)  Mpc 
history
discovery Lewis Swift
Discovery date April 16, 1887
Catalog names
NGC  3292 • PGC  31370 • MCG  -01-27-023 • 2MASX  J10353442-0610467 •

NGC 3292 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble-type S0 in the constellation Sextant. It is estimated to be 93 million light years from the Milky Way .

The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on April 16, 1887 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 3292
  3. Seligman