Astronomy:NGC 3344

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NGC 3344
NGC 3344 imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope[1]
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationLeo Minor[2]
Right ascension 10h 43m 31.150s[3]
Declination+24° 55′ 19.99″[3]
Helio radial velocity585[4] km/s
Distance22.5 Mly (6.9 Mpc)[5]
Apparent magnitude (V)9.7[2]
Characteristics
Type(R)SAB(r)bc[6]
Size~84,800 ly (26.01 kpc) (estimated)[7]
Apparent size (V)7.1′ × 6.5′[2]
Other designations
IRAS 10407+2511, UGC 5840, MCG+04-25-046, PGC 31968[7]

NGC 3344 is a relatively isolated[8] barred spiral galaxy in the constellation of Leo Minor.[9] It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 6 April 1785.[10] This galaxy is located at a distance of 22.5 million light-years (6.9 Mpc)[4] from the Milky Way. It has an apparent visual magnitude of 9.7 and spans an angular size of 7.1′ × 6.5′.[2] The nearest bright galaxy is NGC 3274 at a projected separation of 3.7°.[8] NGC 3344 belongs to the galaxy group known as the Leo spur, which is a branch of the Virgo Supercluster.[11]

The morphological classification of NGC 3344 is (R)SAB(r)bc,[6] which indicates it is a barred spiral galaxy (SAB) that exhibits rings (R, r) and moderate to loosely wound spiral arms (bc).[12] The plane of the galaxy is inclined at an angle of around 25.5° with the long angle of the resulting elliptical shape aligned along a position angle of −23.9°.[8] There is both an inner ring and outer pseudo-ring, with the prominent arms radiating outward from the inner ring and the relatively small and slightly elliptical bar being situated inside. At the center of the bar is an H II nucleus with an angular diameter of about 3″.[8]

Supernova

One supernova has been observed in NGC 3344: SN 2012fh, a Type Ib/Ic that peaked at magnitude 15.1. It was discovered by Masaki Tsuboi on 18 October 2012.[13][14][15]

References

  1. ↑ "A Lonely Beauty". 14 February 2018. https://www.spacetelescope.org/news/heic1803/. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Finlay, Warren H. (2014), Concise Catalogue of Deep-Sky Objects, The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series (2nd ed.), Springer Cham, p. 246, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-03170-5, ISBN 978-3-319-03169-9. 
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Skrutskie, Michael F. et al. (February 2006), "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)", The Astronomical Journal 131 (2): 1163–1183, doi:10.1086/498708, ISSN 0004-6256, Bibcode: 2006AJ....131.1163S. 
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 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, doi:10.1086/510201, Bibcode: 2007ApJ...655..790C. 
  5. ↑ 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, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2008.13422.x, Bibcode: 2008MNRAS.388..500E. 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 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, doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20034522, Bibcode: 2004A&A...425..849P. 
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 Results for object NGC 3344, NASA and Caltech, https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC+3344, retrieved 2007-05-15. 
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 Verdes-Montenegro, L. et al. (April 2000), "A detailed study of the ringed galaxy NGC 3344", Astronomy and Astrophysics: 827–839, Bibcode: 2000A&A...356..827V. 
  9. ↑ (in en-US) Hubble Sees Galaxy in a spin - NASA Science, 18 October 2012, https://science.nasa.gov/missions/hubble/hubble-sees-galaxy-in-a-spin/, retrieved 2024-11-11. 
  10. ↑ Seligman, Courtney, New General Catalogue Objects: NGC 3344, https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc33.htm#3344, retrieved 8 June 2025. 
  11. ↑ Monks, Neale (2010), Go-to Telescopes Under Suburban Skies, Patrick Moore's Practical Astronomy Series, Springer, p. 53, ISBN 978-1441968517, https://books.google.com/books?id=waO6tUtfblsC&pg=PA53. 
  12. ↑ Buta, Ronald J. et al. (2007), Atlas of Galaxies, Cambridge University Press, pp. 13–17, ISBN 978-0521820486, https://books.google.com/books?id=g-P7dCbB5MEC&pg=PA16. 
  13. ↑ Nakano, S. et al. (2012), "Supernova 2012fh in NGC 3344 = PSN J10433405+2453290", Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams (3263): 1, Bibcode: 2012CBET.3263....1N. 
  14. ↑ 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, doi:10.1093/mnras/stx2170, Bibcode: 2017MNRAS.472.3115J. 
  15. ↑ SN 2012fh, IAU, https://www.wis-tns.org/object/2012fh, retrieved 8 June 2025. 

Further reading

  • Padave, Mansi (December 2021), "DIISC-II: Unveiling the Connections between Star Formation and Interstellar Medium in the Extended Ultraviolet Disk of NGC 3344", The Astrophysical Journal 923 (2): id. 199, doi:10.3847/1538-4357/ac2c01, Bibcode: 2021ApJ...923..199P. 
  • Akyuz, Aysun (2010), "New SNR candidates in nearby spiral galaxy NGC 3344", 38th COSPAR Scientific Assembly. Held 18-15 July 2010, in Bremen, Germany: id. 2813, Bibcode: 2010cosp...38.2813A. 
  • Moumen, Ismael (June 2019), "3D Optical Spectroscopic Study of NGC 3344 with SITELLE: I. Identification and Confirmation of Supernova Remnants", Supernova Remnants: An Odyssey in Space after Stellar Death II, held 3-8 June 2019 in Chania, Greece: id. 54, Bibcode: 2019sros.confE..54M. 
  • Corbelli, Edvige (February 1989), "H I Mapping of Outer Disks of Galaxies. M33 and NGC 3344", Astronomical Journal 97: 390, doi:10.1086/114989, Bibcode: 1989AJ.....97..390C. 
  • Vilchez, J. M. (November 1988), "The Abundance Gradient in NGC 3344", Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, doi:10.1086/132343, Bibcode: 1988PASP..100.1428V. 
  • McCall, M. L. (June-July 1981), "NGC 3344 - Unusual abundances for an SBC galaxy", Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Publications 93: 273–278, doi:10.1086/130821, Bibcode: 1981PASP...93..273M. 

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Coordinates: Sky map 10h 43m 31.1s, +24° 55′ 20″



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