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NGC 3344

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Digitized Sky Survey (DSS) Image Information for  NGC 3344
DSS Acknowledgement ,  DSS Copyright Notice DSS Image Generation:  1st Generation DSS Image
Image Center (2000):  10h 43m 30.7s; +24º 55' 19"Image File Name:  n3344.jpg
Image Size (arcminutes):  10' x 10'Image Size (pixels):  353 x 353
Original NGC Catalogue Data for  NGC 3344
General Catalogue Designation:  2178William Herschel Designation:  I 81
John Herschel Designation:  739Other Observers:  ...
Right Ascension (Equinox 1860):  10h 35m 50sAnnual RA Precession (Equinox 1880):  +3.30s
North Polar Declination (Equinox 1860):  64° 20.7'Annual DEC Precession (Equinox 1880):  +18.8"
Summary Description:  cB, L, gbM, * inv, 2 st f
Notes:  Comments:  
Discovered by:  Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel (1738 - 1822)Year of Discovery:  1785
Telescope Aperture (Inches):  18.7Telescope Type:  Reflector
Understanding the 'Summary Description':  Summary Description Abbreviations List
Contemporary/Current Data for  NGC 3344
Right Ascension (2000):  10h 43m 30.7sDeclination (2000):  +24º 55' 19"
Object Type:  GalaxyObject Classification:  Sc II
Constellation:  Leo MinorPosition Angle:  … °
Visual Magnitude:  10.2Surface Brightness:  14.2
Blue Magnitude:  10.8Object Size:  7.1'X6.5'
Also Cataloged As:  UGC 5840, MCG+04-25-046, H I-81, h 739, GC 2178,
CGCG 124.060, KARA 435, WAS 14, IRAS 10407+2511, PGC 31968
Catalogue Notes:  ---------------
Book / Chart References for NGC 3344
Luginbuhl & Skiff (Page):  151Burnham's (Volume : Page):  ------
Uranometria 2000:  145Herald-Bobroff Astroatlas:  C-31
Microsky:  374GSC Small Region Number:  1977
POSS Blue Plate #:  1366POSS Red Plate #:  1366
Database Update Level: 2 (Complete)
Contemporary Visual Observation(s) for NGC 3344
NGC 3344 = UGC 05840 = MCG +04-25-046 = CGCG 124-060 = PGC 31968
10 43 31.0 +24 55 20
V = 9.9;  Size 7.1x6.5;  SB = 13.9

17.5": fairly bright, large, about 4'x3' extended ~E-W.  Unusual appearance as 
two bright stars are involved on the E side.  Sharp concentration with a faint 
outer halo and a well-defined much brighter core.  A mag 10.5 star is on the E 
side 52" from the center and a mag 10 star is at the E edge of the halo 1.6' 
from the center.  Also a mag 13.5 star is superimposed about 30" SE of the core.

8": faint, large, low surface brightess.  Two mag 10 stars are at the E edge.

- by Steve Gottlieb

Data Sources Used to research NGC 3344
[NGC] New General Catalogue / [IC] Index Catalogue (Dreyer - 1888, 1895, 1908)
[OHCDSO] Observing Handbook and Catalog of Deep-Sky Objects (Luginbuhl & Skiff - 1990)
[RE-NGCDDB] NGC Discoverer's Database (Erdmann 1990 - 2006)
[NGCT] The Nearby Galaxies Catalog (Tully)
[UGC] Uppsala General Catalog of Galaxies (Nilson - 1973)
[CGCG] Catalog of Galaxies & Clusters of Galaxies (Zwicky - 1968)
[HC-PPL] NGC/IC Accurate Positions List Database (Corwin - 1996 thru 2006)
[SG-NGCO] NGC/IC Observations Database (Gottlieb - 1998 thru 2006)
[RE-AZDB] The Arizona Database®, V15.5 (Erdmann - 1987 thru 2006)
[MCG] Morphological Catalog of Galaxies (Vorontsov-Velyaminov et al - 1962 thru 1968)
[DSS] Digitized Sky Survey - 1st (102 CD-ROM) and 2nd (Web Site) Generation (STScI - 1994)
[NED] NASA's Extragalactic Database (NED) located at http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/

Additional Notes
1st generation images were generated from the 102 CD-ROM version of the Digitized Sky Survey (DSS)
2nd generation images were generated at the DSS web site located at http://archive.stsci.edu/cgi-bin/dsswin
Luginbuhl & Skiff page numbers are from 'Observing Handbook and Catalogue of Deep-Sky Objects' by Christian B. Luginbuhl and Brian A. Skiff, produced by Cambridge University Press
Burnham's refers to 'Burnham's Celestial Handbook' in three volumes produced by Dover Publications, Inc.
Uranometria 2000 chart numbers are for those printings authored by Tirion, Rappaport & Lovi, and are not for the most recent printings authored by Tirion, Rappaport & Remaklus in which the charts were re-numbered, all of which were and/or are produced by Willmann-Bell, Inc.
The Herald-Bobroff Astroatlas is by D. Herald and P. Bobroff of Canberra, Australia and is produced by HB2000 Publications
Microsky® is the microfiche rendition of the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey (POSS) produced by Deen Publications (P.O. Box 867088; Plano Texas 75086)
POSS refers to the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey produced by The National Geographic Society in conjunction with The California Institute of Technology
All DSS image annotation was performed by Robert E. Erdmann, Jr., and is ©Copyright 1996 through 2008 by Robert E. Erdmann, Jr. - All rights reserved
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Contemporary/Current Data for this object was hand collected and entered from the data sources listed in the "Data Sources Used" section of this table above.- Robert E. Erdmann, Jr.


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