Astronomy:NGC 3281

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Short description: Spiral galaxy in the constellation Antlia
NGC 3281
NGC 3281 legacy dr10.jpg
legacy surveys image of NGC 3281
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationAntlia
Right ascension 10h 31m 52.086s[1]
Declination−34° 51′ 13.40″[1]
Helio radial velocity3,200 km/s[2]
Distance144.7 Mly (44.36 Mpc)[2]
Apparent magnitude (V)12.6[3]
Characteristics
TypeSab[4]
Other designations
MCG-06-23-050, PBC J1031.8-3451, PGC 31090[4]

NGC 3281 is a large unbarred spiral galaxy[5] in the southern constellation of Antlia, located at a distance of 144.7 megalight-years[2] from the Milky Way. The galaxy is inclined by an angle of 64° to the line-of-sight from the Earth, with the major axis aligned with a position angle of 137°.[6] It is a luminous infrared galaxy and a type II Seyfert galaxy.[7] NGC 3281 is a member of the Antlia Cluster,[3] which belongs to the Hydra–Centaurus Supercluster.

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 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 Crook, Aidan C.; Huchra, John P.; Martimbeau, Nathalie; Masters, Karen L.; Jarrett, Tom; Macri, Lucas M. (February 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 Dunlop, Storm (2005). Atlas of the Night Sky. Collins. ISBN 978-0-00-717223-8. https://archive.org/details/collinsatlasofni0000dunl. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 "NGC 3281". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+3281. 
  5. "Wolfram|Alpha: Making the world's knowledge computable" (in en-us). https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=NGC+3281. 
  6. Storchi-Bergmann, Thaisa et al. (September 1992). "The Ionization Cone, Obscured Nucleus, and Gaseous Outflow in NGC 3281: A Prototypical Seyfert 2 Galaxy?". Astrophysical Journal 396: 45. doi:10.1086/171696. Bibcode1992ApJ...396...45S. 
  7. Sales, Dinalva A. et al. (September 2011). "The Compton-thick Seyfert 2 Nucleus of NGC 3281: Torus Constraints from the 9.7 μm Silicate Absorption". The Astrophysical Journal 738 (1): 7. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/738/1/109. 109. Bibcode2011ApJ...738..109S.