NGC 3200

NGC 3200
NGC 3200 imaged by Legacy Surveys
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Hydra
Right ascension	10^h 18^m 36.5578^s
Declination	−17° 58′ 56.973″
Apparent magnitude (B)	12.92
Surface brightness	23.48 mag/arcsec^2
Characteristics
Type	SAB(rs)c[1]
Size	87.73 kpc (286,000 ly) (diameter; 25.0 mag/arcsec^2 B-band isophote)[1]
Other designations
ESO 567- G 045, UGCA 210, MCG -03-26-037, PGC 30108

NGC 3200 is a large spiral galaxy located in the constellation Hydra. Its velocity relative to the cosmic microwave background is 3,877 ± 25 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 57.2 ± 4.0 Mpc (~187 million ly). NGC 3200 was discovered by American astronomer Edward Singleton Holden in 1882.^[1]

The luminosity class of NGC 3200 is III and it exhibits a broad HI line.^[2]

To date, 21 non-redshift measurements give a distance of 43.086 ± 12.631 Mpc (~141 million ly) which is within the Hubble distance values.^[3] Note, however, that the NASA/IPAC database calculates the diameter of a galaxy using the average value of independent measurements, when they exist, and that consequently the diameter of NGC 3200 could be about 87.83 kpc (~286,000 ly) if the Hubble distance were used to calculate it.^[4]

Supernova

One supernova has been observed in NGC 3200: SN 1953D (type unknown, mag. 19.5) was discovered by Chai on 8 March 1953.^[5][6]

See also

• List of NGC objects (3001–4000)

External links

• NGC 3200 at NASA/IPAC
• NGC 3200 at SIMBAD
• NGC 3200 at LEDA

References

1. "By Name | NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2024-07-02.
2. "NED Query Results for NGC 3200". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2024-07-02.
3. "Distance Results for NGC 3200". NASA/IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE. NASA. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
4. "HyperLeda -object description". atlas.obs-hp.fr. Retrieved 2024-07-02.
5. "Other Supernovae images". rochesterastronomy.org. Retrieved 2024-07-02.
6. "SN 1953D". Transient Name Server. IAU. Retrieved 27 November 2024.