Astronomy:NGC 3268

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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Antlia
NGC 3268
NGC 3268 DSS.jpg
DSS image of NGC 3268
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationAntlia
Right ascension 10h 30m 0rnal s</ref>
Declination−35° 19′ 31.83″[1]
Redshift0.009384[2]
Helio radial velocity2800 ± 21 km/s[2]
Distance125.3 Mly (38.43 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (V)11.77[2]
Apparent magnitude (B)12.57[2]
Characteristics
TypeE2[2]
Other designations
MCG-06-23-041, PGC 30949[2]

NGC 3268 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Antlia.[4] It is a member of the Antlia Cluster, which lies about 40.7 megaparsecs (132.7 million light-years) away.[5] It was discovered on April 18, 1835 by the astronomer John Herschel.[6]

References

  1. Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W. et al. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal 131 (2): 1163–1183. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. Bibcode2006AJ....131.1163S. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "NGC 3268". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+3268. 
  3. 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. 
  4. Dunlop, Storm (2005). Atlas of the Night Sky. Collins. ISBN 978-0-00-717223-8. https://archive.org/details/collinsatlasofni0000dunl. 
  5. 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. 
  6. Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 3250 - 3299". http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc32a.htm#3268. Retrieved 2021-02-19.