NGC 3344

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NGC 3344
Multi-filter image of NGC 3344.jpg
NGC 3344 imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope [1]
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Leo Minor
Right ascension 10h 43m 31.150s [2]
Declination +24° 55′ 19.99″ [2]
Redshift 0.001935 ± 0.000003 [3]
Heliocentric radial velocity 585 [4] km/s
Distance 22.5 Mly (6.90 Mpc) [4]
Apparent magnitude  (V)10.5 [5]
Characteristics
Type (R)SAB(r)bc [6]
Size~84,800  ly (26.01  kpc) (estimated) [5]
Apparent size  (V)7.1′ × 6.5′ [5]
Other designations
IRAS 10407+2511, UGC 5840, MCG +04-25-046, PGC 31968, CGCG 124-060 [5]

NGC 3344 is a relatively isolated [7] barred spiral galaxy around half the size of the Milky Way located 22.5 [4] million light years away in the constellation Leo Minor. [8] It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 6 April 1785. [9]

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NGC 3344 belongs to the group known as the Leo spur, which is a branch of the Virgo Supercluster. [10] NGC 3344 has the morphological classification (R)SAB(r)bc, [6] which indicates it is a weakly barred spiral galaxy that exhibits rings and moderate to loosely wound spiral arms. [11] There is both an inner and outer ring, with the prominent arms radiating outward from the inner ring and the slightly elliptical bar being situated inside. At the center of the bar is an HII nucleus with an angular diameter of about 3″. [7]

Supernova

One supernova has been observed in NGC 3344: SN 2012fh (Type Ib/Ic, mag. 15.1) was discovered by Masaki Tsuboi on 18 October 2012. [12] [13] [14]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "A Lonely Beauty". www.spacetelescope.org. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
  2. 1 2 Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W.; Chester, Thomas; Elias, Jonathan H.; Huchra, John P.; Liebert, James W.; Lonsdale, Carol J.; Monet, David G.; Price, Stephan; Seitzer, Patrick; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Fullmer, Linda; Hurt, Robert L.; Light, Robert M.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Tam, Robert; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Wheelock, Sherry L. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi: 10.1086/498708 . ISSN   0004-6256. S2CID   18913331.
  3. ↑ Epinat, B.; et al. (August 2008), "GHASP: an Hα kinematic survey of spiral and irregular galaxies - VI. New Hα data cubes for 108 galaxies", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society , 388 (2): 500–550, arXiv: 0805.0976 , Bibcode:2008MNRAS.388..500E, doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13422.x , S2CID   14282151.
  4. 1 2 3 Crook, Aidan C.; et al. (February 2007), "Groups of Galaxies in the Two Micron All Sky Redshift Survey", The Astrophysical Journal, 655 (2): 790–813, arXiv: astro-ph/0610732 , Bibcode:2007ApJ...655..790C, doi:10.1086/510201, S2CID   11672751.
  5. 1 2 3 4 "Results for object NGC 3344". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. NASA and Caltech . Retrieved 2007-05-15.
  6. 1 2 Pilyugin, L. S.; et al. (October 2004), "Oxygen and nitrogen abundances in nearby galaxies. Correlations between oxygen abundance and macroscopic properties", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 425 (3): 849–869, arXiv: astro-ph/0407014 , Bibcode:2004A&A...425..849P, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20034522, S2CID   119074817.
  7. 1 2 Verdes-Montenegro, L.; et al. (April 2000), "A detailed study of the ringed galaxy NGC 3344", Astronomy and Astrophysics, 356: 827–839, Bibcode:2000A&A...356..827V.
  8. ↑ "Hubble Sees Galaxy in a spin - NASA Science". science.nasa.gov. 18 October 2012. Retrieved 2024-11-11.
  9. ↑ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue Objects: NGC 3344". Celestial Atlas. Retrieved 8 June 2025.
  10. ↑ Monks, Neale (2010), Go-to Telescopes Under Suburban Skies, Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series, Springer, p. 53, ISBN   978-1441968517.
  11. ↑ Buta, Ronald J.; et al. (2007), Atlas of Galaxies, Cambridge University Press, pp. 13–17, ISBN   978-0521820486.
  12. ↑ Nakano, S.; Yusa, T.; Yoshimoto, K.; Tomasella, L.; Turatto, M.; Pastorello, A.; Ochner, P.; Cappellaro, E.; Takaki, K.; Itoh, R.; Ueno, I.; Urano, T.; Moritani, Y.; Akitaya, H.; Kawabata, K. S.; Yamanaka, M. (2012). "Supernova 2012fh in NGC 3344 = PSN J10433405+2453290". Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams (3263): 1. Bibcode:2012CBET.3263....1N.
  13. ↑ Johnson, Samson A.; et al. (April 2013), "On the progenitor of the Type Ibc supernova 2012fh", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 472 (3): 3115–3119, arXiv: 1707.03828 , Bibcode:2017MNRAS.472.3115J, doi: 10.1093/mnras/stx2170
  14. ↑ "SN 2012fh". Transient Name Server. IAU . Retrieved 8 June 2025.
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