Astronomy:NGC 3244
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Short description: Spiral galaxy in the constellation Antlia
| NGC 3244 | |
|---|---|
| File:NGC 3244.tif ESO image of NGC 3244 (left) and star TYC 7713 (right) | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Antlia |
| Right ascension | 10h 25m 29.20s[1] |
| Declination | −39° 49′ 40.0″[1] |
| Redshift | 2758.0 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 100 Mly (31,000 kpc)h−10.73[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 12.89[4] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | Sbc[2] |
| Apparent size (V) | 2.0′ × 1.5′[4] |
| Other designations | |
| PGC 030594[4] | |
NGC 3244 is a spiral galaxy in the Antlia constellation discovered by John Herschel on April 22, 1835.[3] A supernova was detected in NGC 3244 on June 27, 2010, designated SN 2010ev. With an apparent magnitude of about 14, it was the third-brightest supernova observed in 2010.[5]
See also
Gallery
NGC 3244 by GALEX
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "NGC 3244". WIKISKY. http://server3.wikisky.org/starview?object_type=2&object_id=2609.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "SIMBAD query result". Object query : NGC 3244. Strasbourg astronomical Data Center. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=NGC+3244.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Anne's Image of the Day: Spiral Galaxy NGC 3244". Anne's Astronomy News. July 15, 2013. http://annesastronomynews.com/annes-image-of-the-day-spiral-galaxy-ngc-3244/.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 3244. NASA/IPAC. http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=NGC%203244&extend=no&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES.
- ↑ "The Czech President's Galaxy" (Press release). European Southern Observatory. May 16, 2011. Retrieved December 3, 2013.
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