About the Object

Name:	NGC 3351
Distance:	33 million light years
Constellation:	Leo
Category:	Galaxies MIRI NIRCam

Coordinates

Position (RA):	10 43 57.78
Position (Dec):	11° 42' 15.05"
Field of view:	3.64 x 2.13 arcminutes
Orientation:	North is 24.5° right of vertical

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Colours & filters

Band	Wavelength	Telescope
Infrared PAH	3.35 μm	James Webb Space Telescope NIRCam
Infrared	3.0 μm	James Webb Space Telescope NIRCam
Infrared	3.6 μm	James Webb Space Telescope NIRCam
Infrared PAH	7.7 μm	James Webb Space Telescope MIRI
Infrared Silicate	10 μm	James Webb Space Telescope MIRI
Infrared PAH	11 μm	James Webb Space Telescope MIRI
Infrared	21 μm	James Webb Space Telescope MIRI
Infrared PAH	7.7 μm	James Webb Space Telescope MIRI

NGC 3351

This spiral galaxy was observed as part of the Physics at High Angular resolution in Nearby GalaxieS (PHANGS) program, a large project that includes observations from several space- and ground-based telescopes of many galaxies to help researchers study all phases of the star formation cycle, from the formation of stars within dusty gas clouds to the energy released in the process that creates the intricate structures revealed by Webb’s new images.

NGC 3351 is 33 million light-years away in the constellation Leo.

Learn more about what can be seen in this vast collection of Webb images here.

[Image description: Webb’s image of NGC 3351 shows a face-on barred spiral galaxy anchored by its central region, which is oval and shows a bright white point at the centre with darker and lighter yellow ovals around it. The galaxy’s filamentary spiral orange arms rotate clockwise and form a wide circular structure at the outer edges.]

Credit:

NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, J. Lee (STScI), T. Williams (Oxford), PHANGS Team

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