NGC 3268

NGC 3268 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 April 18, 1835.^[7]

NGC 3268
NGC 3268 (center) imaged by the Víctor M. Blanco Telescope
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Antlia
Right ascension	10h 30m 00.655s[1]
Declination	−35° 19′ 31.83″[1]
Redshift	0.009384[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity	2800 ± 21 km/s[2]
Distance	125.3 Mly (38.43 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (V)	11.77[2]
Apparent magnitude (B)	12.57[2]
Characteristics
Type	E2[2]
Size	~164,900 ly (50.56 kpc) (estimated)[4]
Apparent size (V)	3.5′ × 2.5′[4]
Other designations
ESO 375- G 045, MCG -06-23-041, PGC 30949[2]

See also

• List of NGC objects (3001–4000)