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galaxy

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
EmG
Redshift
z = 0.011385981524562272
Coordinates
RA 158.3995° · Dec -27.4544°
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Key facts

Constellation
Hydra
Right ascension
10 33 35.8
Declination
−27 ° 27 ′ 16 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
3378 km/s
Distance
200 Mly (61.3 Mpc )
Group or cluster
Hydra Cluster
Type
SB(s)a pec
Size
~171,100 ly (52.46 kpc ) (estimated)
Apparent size v
2.6 x 1.5

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 3285 is a barred spiral galaxy located about 200 million light-years away in the constellation Hydra. The galaxy was discovered by astronomer John Herschel on March 24, 1835. NGC 3285 is a member of the Hydra Cluster.

See also

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 3285” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.