Celestial Atlas
(NGC 3150 - 3199) <—     NGC Objects: NGC 3200 - 3249     —> (NGC 3250 - 3299)
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Page last updated Jul 25, 2011
WORKING: Add positions/physical data (per Steinicke)

NGC 3200 (= PGC 30108)
Discovered (Apr 10, 1882) by
Edward Holden (1)
A 12th-magnitude barred spiral galaxy (type SBbc?) in Hydra (RA 10 18 36.4, Dec -17 58 56)

Wikisky image of NGC 3200
Above, a 5 arcmin wide "closeup" of NGC 3200
Below, a 12 arcmin wide region centered on the galaxy
Wikisky image of region near NGC 3200

NGC 3201
Discovered (May 1, 1826) by
James Dunlop (445)


NGC 3202
Discovered (Feb 3, 1788) by
William Herschel


NGC 3203
Discovered (Mar 24, 1835) by
John Herschel


NGC 3204
Discovered (Dec 24, 1827) by
John Herschel


NGC 3205
Discovered (Feb 3, 1788) by
William Herschel


NGC 3206
Discovered (Apr 8, 1793) by
William Herschel


NGC 3207
Discovered (Feb 3, 1788) by
William Herschel


NGC 3208
Discovered (1886) by
Ormond Stone (I-171)

The second IC lists a corrected RA (per Howe) of 10 13 10


NGC 3209
Discovered (Feb 19, 1827) by
John Herschel


NGC 3210
Discovered (Sep 26, 1802) by
William Herschel


NGC 3211
Discovered (Mar 7, 1837) by
John Herschel


NGC 3212
Discovered (Sep 26, 1802) by
William Herschel


NGC 3213
Discovered (Mar 13, 1883) by
Édouard Stephan (13-58)


NGC 3214
Discovered (Mar 9, 1874) by
Ralph Copeland


NGC 3215
Discovered (Sep 26, 1802) by
William Herschel


NGC 3216
Discovered (Apr 10, 1785) by
William Herschel


NGC 3217 (=
IC 606)
Discovered (Mar 4, 1878) by David Todd (29) (and later listed as NGC 3217)
Discovered (Apr 18, 1893) by Stephane Javelle (and later listed as IC 606)


NGC 3218 (=
NGC 3183)
Discovered (Apr 2, 1801) by William Herschel (and later listed as NGC 3218)
Discovered (Sep 28, 1865) by Heinrich d'Arrest (and later listed as NGC 3183)


NGC 3219
Discovered (Apr 11, 1882) by
Édouard Stephan (12-38)


NGC 3220 (=
IC 604)
Discovered (Apr 8, 1793) by William Herschel (and later listed as NGC 3220)
Discovered (Aug 8, 1890) by Lewis Swift (and later listed as IC 604)


NGC 3221
Discovered (Jan 1, 1862) by
Heinrich d'Arrest


NGC 3222
Discovered (March 1855) by
August Winnecke


NGC 3223 (=
IC 2571)
Discovered (Feb 2, 1835) by John Herschel (and later listed as NGC 3223)
Discovered (Dec 30, 1897) by Lewis Swift (and later listed as IC 2571)


NGC 3224
Discovered (Apr 18, 1835) by
John Herschel


NGC 3225
Discovered (Apr 8, 1793) by
William Herschel


NGC 3226
Discovered (Feb 15, 1784) by
William Herschel


NGC 3227
Discovered (Feb 15, 1784) by
William Herschel


NGC 3228
Discovered (1751) by
Nicolas Lacaille (II.7)


NGC 3229
Recorded (Mar 31, 1859) by
Sidney Coolidge

Per Dreyer, NGC 3229 (= John Herschel's GC 5068, S Coolidge (#14, HN16), 1860 RA 20 16 14, NPD 89 13.8) is "faint". The 20 hours of RA is an obvious misprint (though not obvious enough to have ever been noticed by Dreyer), all other NGC listings in the same range being at 10 hours, and does not correspond to the (correct) position in the original Harvard report. Unfortunately, as for all of Coolidge's "nebulae", NGC 3229 is merely a group of (three) faint stars.


NGC 3230
Discovered (Mar 24, 1830) by
John Herschel


NGC 3231
Discovered (Apr 3, 1832) by
John Herschel


NGC 3232
Discovered (Dec 29, 1861) by
Heinrich d'Arrest


NGC 3233
Discovered (1886) by
Ormond Stone (I-172)

The second IC lists a corrected RA (per Howe) of 10 15 18


NGC 3234 (=
NGC 3235)
Discovered (Dec 24, 1827) by John Herschel (and later listed as NGC 3234)
Discovered (Dec 29, 1861) by Heinrich d'Arrest (and later listed as NGC 3235)

Per Dreyer, NGC 3234 (= John Herschel's GC 2094, 1860 RA 10 17 05, NPD 62 16.1) is "pretty bright, pretty small, round, pretty suddenly bright middle (? = 2095)", the query at the end meaning that Dreyer thought it might be the same as NGC 3225. However, the first IC notes "3234 is not = 3235; both seen by Denning". This makes the supposed equivalence between the two listings seem very odd; however Corwin points out that there is nothing at NGC 3234's supposed location, that the difference of exactly 1 degree in declination between it and NGC 3235 suggests a typographical error in Herschel's position, and feels that the two listings must represent the same object. Of course that leaves the question of what Denning saw, that led to the IC note; and Corwin makes the reasonable suggestion that he probably saw d'Arrest's preceding nebula, NGC 3232. In any event, since there is nothing at Herschel's position, the doubts that go back to the original NGC would seem to weigh heavily in favor of NGC 3234 actually being the same as NGC 3235, regardless of any subsequent uncertainties.


NGC 3235 (=
NGC 3234)
Discovered (Dec 24, 1827) by John Herschel (and later listed as NGC 3234)
Discovered (Dec 29, 1861) by Heinrich d'Arrest (and later listed as NGC 3235)

Per Dreyer, NGC 3235 (= John Herschel's GC 2095, d'Arrest, 1860 RA 10 17 05, NPD 61 16.6) is "faint, small, following of 2" (the preceding being NGC 3232). See NGC 3234 for a discussion of the double listing.


NGC 3236
Discovered (Mar 25, 1832) by
John Herschel


NGC 3237
Discovered (Mar 18, 1787) by
William Herschel


NGC 3238
Discovered (Apr 8, 1793) by
William Herschel


NGC 3239
Discovered (Mar 21, 1784) by
William Herschel


NGC 3240
Discovered (Mar 20, 1835) by
John Herschel


NGC 3241
Discovered (Feb 16, 1836) by
John Herschel


NGC 3242 = the Ghost of Jupiter
Discovered (Feb 7, 1785) by
William Herschel


NGC 3243
Discovered (Apr 2, 1886) by
Lewis Swift (3-54)


NGC 3244
Discovered (Apr 22, 1835) by
John Herschel


NGC 3245
Discovered (Apr 11, 1785) by
William Herschel


NGC 3246
Discovered (Apr 9, 1828) by
John Herschel


NGC 3247
Discovered (Apr 1, 1834) by
John Herschel
An 8th-magnitude emission nebula in Carina (RA 10 24 12, Dec -57 45 48)

The second IC lists a corrected position (per DeLisle Stewart) of RA 10 18 50, NPD 147 06 and adds "h.'s place was only approximate". Also referred to as RCW49, this large emission nebula is energized by a star cluster, Westerlund 2, partially hidden within its depths. Older stars have already cleared gas and dust out of the central portions of the nebula, but younger stars are still hidden by the clouds of gas and dust out of which they recently formed. Fortunately, the fleet of space telescopes now in orbit allows us to study even those stars. The cluster is approximately 14 thousand light years away, and contains more than 2200 stars, of which 300 were previously unobservable. The cluster is only 1 or 2 million years old, so some of its stars are very massive (high-mass stars have very short lifetimes, so older clusters don't contain very massive stars). One of the cluster members consists of 82 and 83 solar mass stars which orbit each other every 3.7 days, at a distance from each other of less than 25 million miles. Note: The NASA sites (Spitzer, Chandra and APoD) all mis-state the constellation as Centaurus; but the object is in Carina, as indicated above.

Wikisky image of NGC 3247
Above, a 12 arcmin wide region centered on NGC 3247; Westerlund 2 is the star cluster to its right
Below, a 24 arcmin wide region centered on the nebula
Wikisky image of region near NGC 3247
Below, a Spitzer infrared image showing the nebula and cluster
(Image Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / E. Churchwell (Univ. of Wisconsin / Spitzer)

Below, a closeup of the central portion of the Spitzer infrared image above (same Image Credits)

Below, a Chandra X-ray image of Westerlund 2 (the cluster energizing the nebula)
(Image Credit: NASA/CXC/Univ. de Liège/Y. Naze et al)

Below, a combination of the Chandra X-ray image of the region with Spitzer infrared images
The square shows a region approximately 35 light years on a side
(Credits: X-ray: NASA/CXC/Univ. de Liege/Y. Naze et al; IR: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Univ. of Wisconsin/E. Churchwell)


NGC 3248
Discovered (Apr 10, 1785) by
William Herschel


NGC 3249
Discovered (Feb 2, 1835) by
John Herschel

Celestial Atlas
(NGC 3150 - 3199) <—     NGC Objects: NGC 3200 - 3249     —> (NGC 3250 - 3299)
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