NGC 3269

galaxy

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Object type: GiG
Distance: 2,428 light-years
Redshift: z = 0.012601387390803076
Coordinates: RA 157.4877° · Dec -35.2244°

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Key facts

Constellation: Antlia
Right ascension: 10 29 57.0404
Declination: −35 ° 13 ′ 27.833 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity: 3,754 ± 33 km/s
Distance: 103 Mly (31.7 Mpc )
Type: SB(r)0-a
Size: ~98,900 ly (30.31 kpc ) (estimated)
Apparent size v: 2.45′ × 0.8′

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: lenticular galaxy
Constellation: Antlia
Distance from Earth: 51.41
Image: NGC 3269 - noirlab2501a.jpg

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galaxy morphological type: Sa
catalog code: LEDA 30945
discoverer or inventor: John Frederick William Herschel
time of discovery or invention: 1834-05-01
apparent magnitude: 9.055
redshift: 0.012522
right ascension: 157.4877917
declination: -35.2243889
radial velocity: 3501
epoch: J2000.0
Commons category: NGC 3269

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 3269 is a barred spiral or lenticular galaxy in the constellation Antlia. It is a member of the Antlia Cluster, which lies about 40.7 megaparsecs (132.7 million light-years) away. It was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on 1 May 1834.

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