Astronomy:NGC 3267

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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Antlia
NGC 3267
NGC 3267 DSS.jpg
DSS image of NGC 3267
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationAntlia
Right ascension 10h 29m 48.59s[1]
Declination−35° 19′ 20.6″[1]
Redshift0.01237[1]
Helio radial velocity3709 km/s[1]
Distance169.4 Mly (51.95 Mpc)[2]
Group or clusterAntlia Cluster[3]
Apparent magnitude (V)11.7[4]
Apparent magnitude (B)13.48[5]
Characteristics
TypeSAB(r)00[1]
Other designations
MCG-06-23-036, PGC 30934[1]

NGC 3267 is a 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.[3] It was discovered on April 18, 1835 by the astronomer John Herschel.[6]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Results for object NGC 3267 (NGC 3267)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC%203267&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1. Retrieved 2021-02-17. 
  2. Crook, Aidan C.; Huchra, John P.; Martimbeau, Nathalie; Masters, Karen L.; Jarrett, Tom; Macri, Lucas M. (2007). "Groups of Galaxies in the Two Micron All Sky Redshift Survey". The Astrophysical Journal 655 (2): 790–813. doi:10.1086/510201. Bibcode2007ApJ...655..790C. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Dirsch, B.; Richtler, T.; Bassino, L. P. (September 2003). "The globular cluster systems of NGC 3258 and NGC 3268 in the Antlia cluster" (PDF). Astronomy and Astrophysics 408 (3): 929–939. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20031027. Bibcode2003A&A...408..929D. http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2003A%26A...408..929D&link_type=ARTICLE&db_key=AST&high=. Retrieved March 10, 2012. 
  4. Dunlop, Storm (2005). Atlas of the Night Sky. Collins. ISBN 978-0-00-717223-8. https://archive.org/details/collinsatlasofni0000dunl. 
  5. "Search specification: NGC 3267". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. http://leda.univ-lyon1.fr/ledacat.cgi?o=NGC%203267. Retrieved 2021-02-17. 
  6. Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 3250 - 3299". http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc32a.htm#3267. Retrieved 2021-02-17.