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galaxy

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
LSB
Redshift
z = 0.003123703026673974
Morphology
SA_B
Coordinates
RA 158.0813° · Dec 56.0852°
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Key facts

Constellation
Ursa Major
Right ascension
10 32 19.7
Declination
+56 ° 05 ′ 07 ″
Redshift
0.003139 ± 0.000003
Heliocentric radial velocity
941 ± 1 km/s
Distance
61.32 ± 13.85 Mly (18.800 ± 4.247 Mpc)
Type
SBdm? SBm SBm?
Size
19.14 kpc
Apparent size v
2.9′ × 1.2′

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 3264 is a spiral galaxy located in the constellation of Ursa Major. It was discovered by the British astronomer John Herschel in 1831.

Characteristics

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 3264” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.