NGC 3260
| NGC 3260 | |
|---|---|
 DSS image of NGC 3260 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Antlia |
| Right ascension | 10h 29m 06.39496s[1] |
| Declination | −35° 35′ 42.4860″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.008169[2] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 2349 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 108.0 Mly (33.11 Mpc)[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 12.67[4] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 13.73[4] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | E pec:[5] |
| Other designations | |
| MCG -06-23-033, PGC 30875[2] | |
NGC 3260 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Antlia. It is a member of the Antlia Cluster, which lies about 40.7 megaparsecs (132.7 million light-years) away.[6] It was discovered on May 2, 1834 by the astronomer John Herschel.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Gaia DR2 record for this source at VizieR.
- ^ a b c "NGC 3260". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
- ^ 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.
- ^ a b "Search specification: NGC 3260". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
- ^ "Results for object NGC 3260 (NGC 3260)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 3250 - 3299". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2021-02-18.
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