NGC 3200


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. NGC 3200 was discovered by American astronomer Edward Singleton Holden in 1882.
The luminosity class of NGC 3200 is III and it exhibits a broad HI line.
To date, 21 non-redshift measurements give a distance of 43.086 ± 12.631 Mpc which is within the Hubble distance values. 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 116.4 kpc if the Hubble distance were used to calculate it.

Supernovae

One supernova has been observed in NGC 3200: SN 1953D was discovered by Chai on 8 March 1953.