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galaxy

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
AG?
Redshift
z = 0.0117760989872433
Coordinates
RA 154.6522° · Dec -17.9825°
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Key facts

Constellation
Hydra
Right ascension
10 18 36.5578
Declination
−17 ° 58 ′ 56.973 ″
Surface brightness
23.48 mag/arcsec
Type
SAB(rs)c
Size
87.73 kpc (286,000 ly ) (diameter; 25.0 mag/arcsec B-band isophote )

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 3200 is a large spiral galaxy located in the constellation Hydra. Its velocity relative to the cosmic microwave background is 3,877 ± 25 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 57.2 ± 4.0 Mpc (~187 million ly). NGC 3200 was discovered by American astronomer Edward Singleton Holden in 1882.

The luminosity class of NGC 3200 is III and it exhibits a broad HI line.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 3200” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.