Galaxy NGC 3294

NGC 3294
NGC 3294: Galaxy in Leo Minor; 500 mm Cassegrain 3625 mm f/7.2; SBIG STL11K; 210+40+40+40 min LRGB; Bernese Highlands; © 2015 Radek Chromik [32]

Object Description

The galaxies NGC 3294 and NGC 3304 were discovered on 17 March 1787 by the German-British astronomer William Herschel with his self-made 18.7 inch f/12.8 reflecting telescope in Slough, England. He listed them under the designations I 164 and III 615. [196, 277, 313] He classified his discoveries according to purely visual impressions, with I standing for bright nebulae and III for very faint nebulae. [269] The small galaxy UGC 5775 was identified in the early 1970s in the Palomar Observatory Sky Survey photographic plates. (POSS) and included in the «Uppsala General Catalogue of Galaxies» in 1973. [459]

NGC 3294 is an SA morphological type spiral galaxy located at a distance of 28 to 30 Mpc. NGC 3304 is an S_AB type spiral galaxy with a LINER-type active core. It is further away at 99 Mpc and is only close to NGC 3294 from our line of sight. UGC 5775 is seen edge-on and is even further away at 131 Mpc. [145]

«Catalogue of Principal Galaxies» Paturel et al., 1989 [144]
PGC RA Dec Type Dim Btot HRV PA Names
PGC 31428 10 36 16.0 +37 19 27 S 3.4 x 1.8 11.9 1584 122 NGC 3294, UGC 5753, MCG 6-23-21, CGCG 183-30, IRAS 10333+3734, KUG 1033+375
PGC 31545 10 37 22.0 +37 04 39 S 1.3 x .2 17.0 112 UGC 5775, MCG 6-23-25, IRAS 10345+3720
PGC 31572 10 37 37.5 +37 27 22 SB 1.4 x .5 14.4 6896 158 NGC 3304, UGC 5777, MCG 6-23-26, CGCG 183-32, CGCG 184-1

Finder Chart

The galaxy NGC 3294 is located in the constellation Leo Minor. The best viewing time is October to June.

Finder Chart Galaxy NGC 3294
Galaxy NGC 3294 in constellation Leo Minor. Charts created using SkySafari 6 Pro and STScI Digitized Sky Survey. Limiting magnitudes: Constellation chart ~6.5 mag, DSS2 close-ups ~20 mag. [149, 160]

Objects Within a Radius of 20°

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