Spiral Galaxy NGC 1055 in Lynx

This is an 11.7 minute exposure with an ST-9E CCD camera thru Kopernik's 20-inch F/8.1 Ritchey Chretien Cassegrain telescope. The field of view is about 8x8 arc minutes.

NGC 2344 is a face-on spiral galaxy in the Constellation of Lynx. It has a small nucleus and a low surface brightness. Based on the published red shift, (Hubble Constant of 62 Km/sec per Mpc) a rough distance estimate for NGC 2344 is 51 million light years, with a diameter of about 25,340 light years.

Dreyer's description from the New General Catalog(NGC): "Pretty bright, pretty small, round, little brighter middle."

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• NGC 2344
• Magnitude: 13.1
• Constellation: Lynx
• RA: 07h 12m 28.3s
• Dec: +47° 10' 01" Epoch 2000
• Size (mins): 1.7' x 1.6'
• Classification: SA(rs)c:
                          Spiral Galaxy, Mixed Inner-ring / S-shaped (uncertain)
  
  

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George Normandin, KAS

February 24th, 2002