NGC 3266


NGC 3266 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation of Ursa Major. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of. It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 3 April 1791.
NGC 3266 has a possible active galactic nucleus, i.e. it has a compact region at the center of a galaxy that emits a significant amount of energy across the electromagnetic spectrum, with characteristics indicating that this luminosity is not produced by the stars.

Pair of galaxies

According to a study by Abraham Mahtessian in 1988, NGC 3266 and NGC 3259 form a pair of galaxies.

Supernova

One supernova has been observed in NGC 3266:SN 1950M was discovered by Deutsch on 19 March 1950.