NGC 3281
J2000 epoch) | |
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| Constellation | Antlia |
| Right ascension | 10h 31m 52.086s[1] |
| Declination | −34° 51′ 13.40″[1] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 3,200 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 144.7 Mly (44.36 Mpc)[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 12.6[3] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | Sab[4] |
| Other designations | |
| MCG-06-23-050, PBC J1031.8-3451, PGC 31090[4] | |
NGC 3281 is a large unbarred spiral galaxy[5] in the southern constellation of Antlia, located at a distance of 144.7 megalight-years[2] from the Milky Way. The galaxy is inclined by an angle of 64° to the line-of-sight from the Earth, with the major axis aligned with a position angle of 137°.[6] It is a luminous infrared galaxy and a type II Seyfert galaxy.[7] NGC 3281 is a member of the Antlia Cluster,[3] which belongs to the Hydra–Centaurus Supercluster.
References
- ^ S2CID 18913331.
- ^ S2CID 11672751.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-00-717223-8.
- ^ a b "NGC 3281". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2020-04-19.
- ^ "Wolfram|Alpha: Making the world's knowledge computable". www.wolframalpha.com. Retrieved 2019-05-12.
- hdl:10183/108719.
- S2CID 53553761. 109.
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