NGC 3274

{{short description|Relatively faint spiral galaxy in the constellation Leo}}

{{Infobox galaxy

| name = NGC 3274

| image = NGC_3274.jpg

| image_size = 250px

| caption = NGC 3274, imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope

| epoch = J2000

| constellation name = Leo

| ra = {{RA|10|32|17.281}}{{cite journal |doi=10.1086/498708 |last1=Skrutskie |first1=Michael F. |last2=Cutri |first2=Roc M. |last3=Stiening |first3=Rae |last4=Weinberg |first4=Martin D. |last5=Schneider |first5=Stephen E. |last6=Carpenter |first6=John M. |last7=Beichman |first7=Charles A. |last8=Capps |first8=Richard W. |last9=Chester |first9=Thomas |last10=Elias |first10=Jonathan H. |last11=Huchra |first11=John P. |last12=Liebert |first12=James W. |last13=Lonsdale |first13=Carol J. |last14=Monet |first14=David G. |last15=Price |first15=Stephan |last16=Seitzer |first16=Patrick |last17=Jarrett |first17=Thomas H. |last18=Kirkpatrick |first18=J. Davy |last19=Gizis |first19=John E. |last20=Howard |first20=Elizabeth V. |last21=Evans |first21=Tracey E. |last22=Fowler |first22=John W. |last23=Fullmer |first23=Linda |last24=Hurt |first24=Robert L. |last25=Light |first25=Robert M. |last26=Kopan |first26=Eugene L. |last27=Marsh |first27=Kenneth A. |last28=McCallon |first28=Howard L. |last29=Tam |first29=Robert |last30=Van Dyk |first30=Schuyler D. |last31=Wheelock |first31=Sherry L. |title=The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) |journal=The Astronomical Journal |date=1 February 2006 |volume=131 |issue=2 |pages=1163–1183 |bibcode=2006AJ....131.1163S |s2cid=18913331 |issn=0004-6256 |doi-access=free }}

| dec = {{DEC|+27|40|07.59}}

| z = 0.001791{{cite web|title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database|work=Results for NGC 3274|url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+3274&extend=no&hconst=73&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES|accessdate=12 February 2017}}

| h_radial_v = 537

| dist_ly = {{convert|13.129|+/-|8.438|Mpc|Mly|abbr=on|lk=on|order=flip}}

| group_cluster =

| type = SABm{{cite simbad|title=NGC 3274|access-date=12 February 2017}}

| size = {{convert|8360|kpc|kly|abbr=on|lk=on|order=flip}}

| stars =

| appmag_v = 12.32

| appmag_b =

| absmag_v = −17.88

| size_v = 2.188{{prime}} × ?{{prime}}

| notes =

| names = UGC 5721, MCG+05-25-020, PGC 31122

}}

NGC 3274 is a relatively faint spiral galaxy discovered by Wilhelm Herschel in 1783, and is located over 20 million light-years away in the constellation of Leo.{{cite web |url=https://www.nasa.gov/image-feature/goddard/2016/hubble-spies-spiral-galaxy |title=Hubble Spies Spiral Galaxy |date=November 22, 2016 |work=NASA |access-date=November 22, 2016}}