NGC 3244 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Antlia.

Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 3068 ± 22 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 147.6 ± 10.4 Mly (45.25 ± 3.18 Mpc).

[2] However, 10 non-redshift measurements give a closer distance of 91.88 ± 7.36 Mly (28.170 ± 2.256 Mpc).

[3] It was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on 22 April 1835.

[5][6] With a peak apparent magnitude of about 14, it was the third-brightest supernova observed in 2010.