NGC 3249 (also ESO 375-24, MCG -6-23-28, IRAS10240-3442 and PGC 30657) is a magnitude +13.2 barred spiral galaxy located 156 million light-years away in the constellation Antlia.
The galaxy was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) reflecting telescope at the Cape of Good Hope on the 2nd February 1835.
Right Ascension 10h 26m 22.0s, Declination -34° 57' 50"