NGC 3271

{{Short description|Galaxy in the constellation Antlia}}

{{Infobox galaxy

| name = NGC 3271

| image = 250px

| alt = NGC 3271

| caption = Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 3271

| epoch = J2000

| constellation name = Antlia

| ra = {{RA|10|30|26.49}}

| dec = {{DEC|-35|21|34.2}}

| h_radial_v = 3737 ± 27 km/s

| z = 0.012544

| dist_ly = {{cvt|52.37|Mpc|Mly|lk=on|order=flip}}{{cite journal|title=Groups of Galaxies in the Two Micron All Sky Redshift Survey|author1=Crook, Aidan C.|author2=Huchra, John P.|author3=Martimbeau, Nathalie|author4=Masters, Karen L.|author5=Jarrett, Tom|author6=Macri, Lucas M.|journal=The Astrophysical Journal|volume=655|issue=2|pages=790–813|date=2007|bibcode=2007ApJ...655..790C|doi=10.1086/510201|arxiv=astro-ph/0610732|s2cid=11672751}}

| group_cluster =

| type = SB0⁰(r){{cite web|url=https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC%203271&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1|title=Results for object NGC 3271 (NGC 3271)|work=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database|publisher=California Institute of Technology|access-date=2021-02-19}}

| size =

| appmag_v = 11.73

| appmag_b = 12.72

| absmag_v =

| size_v =

| notes =

| names = {{odlist|IC=2585|UGC=|MCG=-06-23-044|PGC=30988}}{{cite simbad|title=NGC 3271|accessdate=2021-02-19}}

}}

NGC 3271 is a barred lenticular galaxy in the constellation Antlia. At magnitude 11.7, it is the brightest galaxy in the Antlia Cluster, which lies about {{convert|40.7|Mpc|e6ly|1|abbr=off|lk=on}} away.{{cite journal

| last1 = Dirsch

| first1 = B.

| last2 = Richtler

| first2 = T.

| last3 = Bassino

| first3 = L. P.

|date=September 2003

| title = The globular cluster systems of NGC 3258 and NGC 3268 in the Antlia cluster

| journal = Astronomy and Astrophysics

| format = PDF

| arxiv = astro-ph/0307200

| volume = 408

| issue = 3

| pages = 929–939

| bibcode = 2003A&A...408..929D

| doi = 10.1051/0004-6361:20031027

| s2cid = 763415

| access-date = March 10, 2012

| url = http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2003A%26A...408..929D&link_type=ARTICLE&db_key=AST&high=

}} It was discovered on May 1, 1834 by the astronomer John Herschel.{{cite web|url=https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc32a.htm#3271|title=New General Catalogue objects: NGC 3250 - 3299|author=Seligman, Courtney|website=cseligman.com|access-date=2021-02-19}}