NGC 3258

NGC 3258 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Antlia.^[5] It is a member of the Antlia Cluster, which lies about 40.7 megaparsecs (132.7 million light-years) away.^[6] It was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on 2 May 1834.^[7]

NGC 3258
NGC 3258 (center) imaged by the Víctor M. Blanco Telescope
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Antlia
Right ascension	10h 28m 53.588s[1]
Declination	−35° 36′ 19.98″[1]
Redshift	0.009357[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity	2792 ± 28 km/s[2]
Distance	124.3 Mly (38.11 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (V)	11.72[2]
Apparent magnitude (B)	12.50[2]
Characteristics
Type	E1[2]
Size	~193,900 ly (59.45 kpc) (estimated)[4]
Apparent size (V)	2.9′ × 2.5′[4]
Other designations
ESO 375- G 037, MCG -06-23-032, PGC 30859[2]

One supernova has been observed in NGC 3258: SN 2010hx (Type Ia, mag. 15.3) was discovered by Berto Monard (bio-fr) on 16 September 2010.^[8][9]

See also

• List of NGC objects (3001–4000)