Astronomy:NGC 3271

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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Antlia
NGC 3271
NGC 3271 DSS.jpg
DSS image of NGC 3271
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationAntlia
Right ascension 10h 30m 26.49s[1]
Declination−35° 21′ 34.2″[1]
Redshift0.012544[2]
Helio radial velocity3737 ± 27 km/s[2]
Distance170.8 Mly (52.37 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (V)11.73[2]
Apparent magnitude (B)12.72[2]
Characteristics
TypeSB00(r)[1]
Other designations
IC 2585, MCG-06-23-044, PGC 30988[2]

NGC 3271 is a barred lenticular galaxy[1] in the constellation Antlia.[4] At magnitude 11.7, it is the brightest galaxy in the Antlia Cluster, which lies about 40.7 megaparsecs (132.7 million light-years) away.[5] It was discovered on May 1, 1834 by the astronomer John Herschel.[6]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Results for object NGC 3271 (NGC 3271)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC%203271&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "NGC 3271". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+3271. 
  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#3271.