Astronomy:NGC 3266

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NGC 3266
NGC 3266 imaged by SDSS
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationUrsa Major
Right ascension 10h 33m 17.6011s[1]
Declination+64° 44′ 57.858″[1]
Redshift0.005887±0.0000400[1]
Helio radial velocity1,765±12 km/s[1]
Distance90.4 ± 6.4 Mly (27.71 ± 1.96 Mpc)[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)13.42[1]
Characteristics
TypeSAB00[1]
Size~50,300 ly (15.43 kpc) (estimated)[1]
Apparent size (V)1.5′ × 1.3′[1]
Other designations
UGC 5725, MCG+11-13-030, PGC 31198[1]

NGC 3266 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation of Ursa Major. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 1,879±14 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 90.4 ± 6.4 Mly (27.71 ± 1.96 Mpc).[1] It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 3 April 1791.[2][3]

NGC 3266 has a possible active galactic nucleus, i.e. it has a compact region at the center of a galaxy that emits a significant amount of energy across the electromagnetic spectrum, with characteristics indicating that this luminosity is not produced by the stars.[4][5]

Pair of galaxies

According to a study by Abraham Mahtessian in 1988, NGC 3266 and NGC 3259 form a pair of galaxies.[6]

Supernova

One supernova has been observed in NGC 3266:

  • SN 1950M (type unknown, mag. 14.5) was discovered by Deutsch on 19 March 1950.[7]

See also

References

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 "Results for object NGC 3266". NASA and Caltech. https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC+3266. 
  2. Herschel, William (1802). "Catalogue of 500 New Nebulae, Nebulous Stars, Planetary Nebulae, and Clusters of Stars; with Remarks on the Construction of the Heavens". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 92: 477–528. doi:10.1098/rstl.1802.0021. Bibcode1802RSPT...92..477H. 
  3. Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue Objects: NGC 3266". https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc32a.htm#3266. 
  4. Asmus, D.; Greenwell, C. L.; Gandhi, P.; Boorman, P. G.; Aird, J.; Alexander, D. M.; Assef, R. J.; Baldi, R. D. et al. (2020). "Local AGN survey (LASr): I. Galaxy sample, infrared colour selection, and predictions for AGN within 100 MPC". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 494 (2): 1784. doi:10.1093/mnras/staa766. Bibcode2020MNRAS.494.1784A. 
  5. "NGC 3266". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+3266. 
  6. Mahtessian, A. P. (1998). "Groups of galaxies. III. Some empirical characteristics". Astrophysics 41 (3): 308–321. doi:10.1007/BF03036100. Bibcode1998Ap.....41..308M. 
  7. "SN 1950M". IAU. https://www.wis-tns.org/object/1950M. 

Coordinates: Sky map 10h 33m 17.6011s, +64° 44′ 57.858″