QuickLinks:
3550, 3551, 3552, 3553, 3554, 3555, 3556, 3557, 3558, 3559, 3560, 3561, 3562, 3563, 3564, 3565, 3566,
3567, 3568, 3569, 3570, 3571, 3572, 3573, 3574, 3575, 3576, 3577, 3578, 3579, 3580, 3581, 3582, 3583,
3584, 3585, 3586, 3587, 3588, 3589, 3590, 3591, 3592, 3593, 3594, 3595, 3596, 3597, 3598, 3599
Page last updated Apr 9, 2011
WORKING: Add positions/physical data (per Steinicke)
WORKING: Check size/quality of pix already on page
NGC 3550
Discovered (Apr 11, 1785) by William Herschel
NGC 3551
Discovered (Aug 24, 1883) by Lewis Swift (1-10)
NGC 3552
Discovered (Apr 11, 1785) by William Herschel
NGC 3553
Discovered (Mar 13, 1885) by Guillaume Bigourdan (I-45)
NGC 3554
Discovered (Dec 24, 1827) by John Herschel
NGC 3555
Discovered (Aug 24, 1883) by Lewis Swift (1-11)
NGC 3556 (= M108)
Discovered (Feb 16, 1781) by Pierre Méchain
A 10th-magnitude spiral galaxy (type Sc) in Ursa Major (RA 11 11 29, Dec +55 40 22)
Above, an NOAO view of M108 (AURA, NSF, NOAO)
Below, a 9 arcmin wide partially color-corrected SDSS view of the galaxy
NGC 3557
Discovered (Apr 21, 1835) by John Herschel
NGC 3558
Discovered (Apr 15, 1866) by Heinrich d'Arrest
NGC 3559 (= NGC 3560)
Discovered (Apr 12, 1784) by William Herschel (and later listed as NGC 3559)
Discovered (Apr 6, 1831) by John Herschel (and later listed as NGC 3560)
NGC 3560 (= NGC 3559)
Discovered (Apr 12, 1784) by William Herschel (and later listed as NGC 3559)
Discovered (Apr 6, 1831) by John Herschel (and later listed as NGC 3560)
NGC 3561
Discovered (Mar 30, 1827) by John Herschel
NGC 3562
Discovered (Apr 3, 1785) by William Herschel
NGC 3563
Discovered (Mar 18, 1869) by Otto Struve
NGC 3564
Discovered (Apr 21, 1835) by John Herschel
NGC 3565
Discovered (1886) by Ormond Stone (I-185)
NGC 3566
Discovered (1886) by Ormond Stone (I-186)
NGC 3567
Discovered (Apr 13, 1784) by William Herschel
NGC 3568
Discovered (Apr 21, 1835) by John Herschel
NGC 3569
Discovered (Apr 27, 1864) by Heinrich d'Arrest
NGC 3570
Discovered (Mar 15, 1877) by Édouard Stephan (9-23)
NGC 3571 (= NGC 3544)
Discovered (Mar 8, 1790) by William Herschel (and later listed as NGC 3571)
Discovered (Jan 7, 1886) by Ormond Stone (I-184) (and later listed as NGC 3544)
NGC 3572
Discovered (Mar 14, 1834) by John Herschel
NGC 3573
Discovered (Apr 20, 1835) by John Herschel
NGC 3574
Discovered (Mar 15, 1877) by Édouard Stephan (9-24)
NGC 3575 (= NGC 3162)
Discovered (Mar 12, 1784) by William Herschel (and later listed as NGC 3162)
Discovered (Feb 21, 1863) by Heinrich d'Arrest (and later listed as NGC 3575)
NGC 3576
Discovered (Mar 16, 1834) by John Herschel
NGC 3577
Discovered (Apr 1, 1788) by William Herschel
NGC 3578
Discovered (Dec 16, 1827) by John Herschel
NGC 3579
Discovered (Mar 14, 1834) by John Herschel
NGC 3580
Discovered (1876) by Wilhelm Tempel (I-32)
NGC 3581
Discovered (Mar 14, 1834) by John Herschel
NGC 3582
Discovered (Mar 14, 1834) by John Herschel
NGC 3583
Discovered (Feb 5, 1788) by William Herschel
NGC 3584
Discovered (Mar 16, 1834) by John Herschel
NGC 3585
Discovered (Dec 9, 1784) by William Herschel
NGC 3586
Discovered (Mar 14, 1834) by John Herschel
NGC 3587 (= M97) -- The Owl Nebula
Discovered (Feb 16, 1781) by Pierre Méchain
A 10th-magnitude planetary nebula in Ursa Major (RA 11 14 48, Dec +55 01 10)
(Image credit: Gary White and Verlenne Monroe/Adam Block/AURA/NSF/NOAO)
NGC 3588
Discovered (Aug 26, 1883) by Lewis Swift (1-12)
NGC 3589
Discovered (Apr 9, 1793) by William Herschel
NGC 3590
Discovered (Feb 4, 1835) by John Herschel
NGC 3591
Discovered (Mar 27, 1786) by William Herschel
NGC 3592
Discovered (Mar 4, 1865) by Albert Marth (216)
NGC 3593
Discovered (Apr 12, 1784) by William Herschel
NGC 3594
Discovered (Apr 14, 1789) by William Herschel
NGC 3595
Discovered (Feb 5, 1788) by William Herschel
NGC 3596
Discovered (Apr 8, 1784) by William Herschel
NGC 3597
Discovered (Mar 21, 1835) by John Herschel
NGC 3598
Discovered (Mar 4, 1865) by Albert Marth (217)
NGC 3599
Discovered (Mar 14, 1784) by William Herschel
|
