NGC 3344 · galaxy
NGC 3344
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.
RA10h 43m 31sDec+24° 55' 21"
Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/SSC. Source: JPL via images.nasa.gov.
Identity & coordinates
Identification
- Primary designation
- NGC 3344
- All designations
- NGC 3344
- Object type
- Galaxy
- Constellation
- Leo Minor
- Best viewing
- Spring
Coordinates & physical
- Right ascension (J2000)
- 10h 43m 31s
- Declination (J2000)
- +24° 55' 21"
- Apparent magnitude (V)
- —
- Distance
- —
- Redshift (z)
- 0.001935
Visibility tonight
The science
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. It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 6 April 1785.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia · CC-BY-SA-4.0
References
- SIMBAD Not resolved
- NED Fetched May 8, 2026 View in NED ↗
- Wikipedia Fetched May 8, 2026 Read full article ↗
Wikipedia title resolved via id — the catalog designation was a Wikipedia article title directly.
1 merge conflict resolved
- coordinates: SIMBAD missing → NED used