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galaxy

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
AG?
Redshift
z = 0.005277567589133225
Morphology
SA
Coordinates
RA 159.0677° · Dec 37.3247°
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Key facts

Constellation
Leo Minor
Right ascension
10 36 16.255
Declination
+37 ° 19 ′ 29.02 ″
Redshift
0.00523 ± 0.00001
Heliocentric radial velocity
1,586 km/s
Distance
98.0 Mly (30.1 Mpc )
Type
SA(rs)bc
Apparent size v
2.223 ′ × 0.978′

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 3294 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Leo Minor. It was discovered by William Herschel on Mar 17, 1787. It is a member of the Leo II Groups, a series of galaxies and galaxy clusters strung out from the right edge of the Virgo Supercluster. The galaxy is located at a distance of 98 million light years and is receding with a heliocentric radial velocity of 1,586 km/s. The morphological class of NGC 3294 is SA(rs)bc, which means this is a spiral galaxy with no central bar (SA), an incomplete inner ring structure (rs), and moderately wound spiral arms (bc).

This galaxy has been host to a pair of supernova events:

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Q1104107” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.