NGC 3271 | |
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Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Antlia |
Right ascension | 10h 30m 26.49s[1] |
Declination | −35° 21′ 34.2″[1] |
Redshift | 0.012544[2] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 3737 ± 27 km/s[2] |
Distance | 170.8 Mly (52.37 Mpc)[3] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 11.73[2] |
Apparent magnitude (B) | 12.72[2] |
Characteristics | |
Type | SB00(r)[1] |
Other designations | |
IC 2585, MCG -06-23-044, PGC 30988[2] |
NGC 3271 is a barred lenticular galaxy[1] in the constellation Antlia.[4] At magnitude 11.7, it is the brightest galaxy in the Antlia Cluster, which lies about 40.7 megaparsecs (132.7 million light-years) away.[5] It was discovered on May 1, 1834 by the astronomer John Herschel.[6]
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