NGC 3302

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NGC 3302
NGC 3302 legacy dr10.jpg
legacy surveys image of NGC 3302
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Antlia
Right ascension 10h 35m 47.417s
Declination −32° 21′ 30.76″
Redshift 0.013263 [1]
Heliocentric radial velocity 3950 km/s [1]
Distance 64.99 ± 4.57  Mly (19.93 ± 1.40  Mpc) [2]
Apparent magnitude  (B)13.51 [1]
Characteristics
Type SA00 [2]
Other designations
MCG -05-25-020, PGC 31391 [1]

NGC 3302 is an unbarred lenticular galaxy in the constellation Antlia. [3] It was discovered by the astronomer John Herschel on January 28, 1835. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "NGC 3302". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 2021-02-13.
  2. 1 2 "Results for object NGC 3302 (NGC 3302)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
  3. ↑ "The galaxy NGC 3302".
  4. ↑ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 3300 - 3349". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2021-02-13.


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