NGC 3344
{{Short description|Galaxy in the constellation Leo Minor}}
{{Infobox Galaxy
| name = NGC 3344
| image = Multi-filter image of NGC 3344.jpg
| caption = NGC 3344 imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope{{cite web|title=A Lonely Beauty|url=https://www.spacetelescope.org/news/heic1803/|website=www.spacetelescope.org|access-date=16 February 2018}}
| epoch = J2000
| dist_ly = {{Nowrap|22.5 Mly (6.90 Mpc)}}
| z = {{nowrap|0.001935 ± 0.000003}}
| size_v = {{Val|7.1|×|6.5|u=arcminute}}{{r|ned}}
| size = ~{{convert|26.01|kpc|ly|abbr=on|lk=on|order=flip}} (estimated){{r|ned}}
| constellation name = Leo Minor
| notes =
| names = {{odlist | UGC= 5840 | PGC= 31968 | CGCG= 124-060 | MCG= +04-25-046 | IRAS= 10407+2511}}
}}
NGC 3344 is a relatively isolated barred spiral galaxy around half the size of the Milky Way located 22.5 million light years away in the constellation Leo Minor.{{Cite web |title=Hubble Sees Galaxy in a spin - NASA Science |url=https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/hubble-sees-galaxy-in-a-spin/ |access-date=2024-11-11 |website=science.nasa.gov |date=18 October 2012 |language=en-US}} It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 6 April 1785.
NGC 3344 belongs to the group known as the Leo spur, which is a branch of the Virgo Supercluster. NGC 3344 has the morphological classification (R)SAB(r)bc, which indicates it is a weakly barred spiral galaxy that exhibits rings and moderate to loosely wound spiral arms. 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″.
Supernova
One supernova has been observed in NGC 3344: SN 2012fh (Type{{nbsp}}Ib/Ic, mag. 15.1) was discovered by Masaki Tsuboi on 18 October 2012.
See also
References
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{{cite web | website=Transient Name Server | title=SN{{nbsp}}2012fh | url=https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2012fh | publisher = IAU | access-date=8 June 2025}}
| website=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database
| title=Results for object NGC 3344
| publisher = NASA and Caltech
| url=https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC+3344
| access-date=2007-05-15
}}
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|date=August 2008
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| doi-access = free
| bibcode = 2008MNRAS.388..500E
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| first1 = Samson A.
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| first2 = C. S.
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| first3 = S. M.
| last3 = Adams
| display-authors = 1
| title = On the progenitor of the Type Ibc supernova 2012fh
| journal = Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
| date = April 2013
| volume = 472
| issue = 3
| pages = 3115–3119
| doi = 10.1093/mnras/stx2170
| doi-access = free
| arxiv = 1707.03828
| bibcode = 2017MNRAS.472.3115J
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}}
External links
- {{commons category-inline}}
- [http://photojournal.jpl.nasa.gov/catalog/PIA07904 Galex image of NGC 3344]
{{Catalogs | NGC = 3344 | UGC = 5840 | PGC = 31968}}
{{Ngc35}}
{{Leo Minor}}
{{Sky|10|43|31.1|+|24|55|20}}
Category:Intermediate spiral galaxies
Category:Discoveries by William Herschel
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