NGC 3274

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]

NGC 3274
NGC 3274, imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationLeo
Right ascension10h 32m 17.281s[1]
Declination+27° 40 07.59[1]
Redshift0.001791[2]
Helio radial velocity537[2]
Distance42.82 ± 27.52 Mly (13.129 ± 8.438 Mpc)[2]
Apparent magnitude (V)12.32[2]
Absolute magnitude (V)-17.88[2]
Characteristics
TypeSABm[3]
Size27,300 kly (8,360 kpc)[2]
Apparent size (V)2.188 × ?
Other designations
UGC 5721, MCG+05-25-020, PGC 31122

References

  1. Skrutskie, M. (2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708.
  2. "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.
  • Media related to NGC 3274 at Wikimedia Commons


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