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lenticular galaxy in the constellation Antlia

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
Sy2
Redshift
z = 0.013263
Coordinates
RA 158.9477° · Dec -32.3585°
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Key facts

Constellation
Antlia
Right ascension
10 35 47.417
Declination
−32 ° 21 ′ 30.76 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
3950 km/s
Distance
64.99 ± 4.57 Mly (19.93 ± 1.40 Mpc )
Type
SA0

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Encyclopedic overview

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

References

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 3302” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.