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NGC3445
Basic Information
Location and Magnitude
Right Ascension: 10:54:35.8
Declination: +56:59:24
Constellation: UMA
Visual Magnitude: 12.6
Historic Information
Discoverer: Herschel W.
Year of discovery: 1793
Discovery aperture: 18.7
Observational
Summary description: cB, pL, iR, vglbM, * 10 nf 2'
Sub-type: SBm
Corwin's Notes
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NGC 3445 has an interacting companion. It was actually seen by R.J. Mitchell
with LdR's Birr Castle "Leviathan". See the "notngc" files under "NGC 3445
companion for more."
Steve's Notes
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NGC 3445
48" (5/16/12): bright, moderately large, very irregular shape, roughly 1.2' diameter. The brightest portion of the galaxy is on the north and east side and is very mottled with slightly brighter knots (a couple are on the east end). Attached on the west side and spreading further south is a spiral arm, appearing more like a diffuse extension. This "arm" fades out on the southeast side of the galaxy and just beyond is MCG +10-16-24, 1.2' SE of center. This interacting companion appeared faint to fairly faint, elongated 5:2 E-W, 20"x8". 2MASX J10544552+5659588 lies 1.5' ENE, between the main galaxy and a mag 10.3 star just 2.2' NE of NGC 3445. It appeared faint, very small, round, 12" diameter. The bright star detracted somewhat from viewing the fainter companions.
17.5" (3/12/88): fairly bright, moderately large, slightly elongated WNW-ESE, broad concentration, bright core. Located 2.2' SW of a mag 10 star. Brightest in a group with NGC 3458 13.9' NE.