NGC 3274

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NGC 3274
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NGC 3274, imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Leo
Right ascension 10h 32m 17.281s [1]
Declination +27° 40′ 07.59″ [1]
Redshift 0.001791 [2]
Heliocentric radial velocity 537 [2]
Distance 42.82 ± 27.52  Mly (13.129 ± 8.438  Mpc) [2]
Apparent magnitude  (V)12.32 [2]
Absolute magnitude  (V)−17.88 [2]
Characteristics
Type SABm [3]
Size27,300  kly (8,360  kpc) [2]
Apparent size  (V)2.188′ × ?′
Other designations
UGC 5721, MCG+05-25-020, PGC 31122

NGC 3274 is a relatively faint spiral galaxy discovered by Wilhelm Herschel in 1783, and is located over 20 million light-years away in the constellation of Leo. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W.; Chester, Thomas; Elias, Jonathan H.; Huchra, John P.; Liebert, James W.; Lonsdale, Carol J.; Monet, David G.; Price, Stephan; Seitzer, Patrick; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Fullmer, Linda; Hurt, Robert L.; Light, Robert M.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Tam, Robert; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Wheelock, Sherry L. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi: 10.1086/498708 . ISSN   0004-6256. S2CID   18913331.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 3274. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  3. ↑ "NGC 3274". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 12 February 2017.
  4. ↑ "Hubble Spies Spiral Galaxy". NASA. November 22, 2016. Retrieved November 22, 2016.
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