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NGC 3277

galaxy

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Vinony's link graph records 72 inbound references to NGC 3277, and connects out to list of stars in Leo Minor, NGC 3576 and list of NGC objects (3001–4000).

Vinony files it under Astronomical objects discovered in 1785, Discoveries by William Herschel and IRAS catalogue objects.

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Key facts

Constellation: Leo Minor
Right ascension: 10 32 55.4506
Declination: +28 ° 30 ′ 42.409 ″
Redshift: 0.004 720 ± 0.000 009 00
Heliocentric radial velocity: 1,415 ± 3 km/s
Distance: 148.34 ± 17.58 Mly (45.480 ± 5.389 Mpc )
Group or cluster: NGC 3254 group (LGG 197)
Type: SA(r)ab
Size: ~103,600 ly (31.75 kpc ) (estimated)
Apparent size v: 1.9′ × 1.7′

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: spiral galaxy
Constellation: Leo Minor
Distance from Earth: 23.29
Image: NGC3277 - SDSS DR14.jpg

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galaxy morphological type: SAa
Commons category: NGC 3277
catalog code: Gaia DR2 729194157331354112
discoverer or inventor: William Herschel
time of discovery or invention: 1785-04-11
redshift: 0.004697
apparent magnitude: 11.181
right ascension: 158.23102960059310
declination: 28.51173338960950
radial velocity: 1460
epoch: J2000.0

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 3277 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Leo Minor. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 1,712±21 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 82.4 ± 5.9 Mly (25.26 ± 1.80 Mpc). However, five non-redshift measurements give a much farther mean distance of 148.34 ± 17.58 Mly (45.480 ± 5.389 Mpc). It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 11 April 1785.

NGC 3277 is a Seyfert II galaxy, i.e. it has a quasar-like nucleus with very high surface brightnesses whose spectra reveal strong, high-ionisation emission lines, but unlike quasars, the host galaxy is clearly detectable.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 3277” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.