NGC 3268

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NGC 3268
DECam Deep View of the Antlia Cluster (noirlab2501a) (cropped to NGC 3268).jpg
DSS image of NGC 3268
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Antlia
Right ascension 10h 30m 00.655s [1]
Declination −35° 19′ 31.83″ [1]
Redshift 0.009384 [2]
Heliocentric radial velocity 2800 ± 21 km/s [2]
Distance 125.3  Mly (38.43  Mpc) [3]
Apparent magnitude  (V)11.77 [2]
Apparent magnitude  (B)12.57 [2]
Characteristics
Type E2 [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]

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  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. arXiv: astro-ph/0610732 . Bibcode:2007ApJ...655..790C. doi:10.1086/510201. S2CID   11672751.
  4. ↑ Dunlop, Storm (2005). Atlas of the Night Sky . Collins. ISBN   978-0-00-717223-8.
  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. arXiv: astro-ph/0307200 . Bibcode:2003A&A...408..929D. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20031027. S2CID   763415 . Retrieved March 10, 2012.
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