Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Leo (Leo)  ·  Contains:  HD89086  ·  NGC 3185  ·  NGC 3187  ·  NGC 3189  ·  NGC 3190  ·  NGC 3193
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NGC 3189 (Hickson 44/ARP 316) i n constellation LEO, rms1217
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NGC 3189 (Hickson 44/ARP 316) i n constellation LEO

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NGC 3189 (Hickson 44/ARP 316) i n constellation LEO, rms1217
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NGC 3189 (Hickson 44/ARP 316) i n constellation LEO

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NGC 3189 is a spiral galaxy that is part of the Hickson 44 group of galaxies in constellation LEO. This group of galaxies is a 1 of 388 'peculiar' galaxies in Halton Arp's catalog pubnlished by the California Institute of Technology in 1966.

A galaxiy is consider peculiar when one or more galaxies come close enogh together that thier mutual gavitational forces cause them to have very irregular shaps.

In this image you can see how the edges of NGC3187 are affected by the gravitation forces of NGC3189 & NGC3190. NGC3187 is at the two o'clock position to NGC3189 and appears to look like a sidewase 'S'.

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NGC 3189 (Hickson 44/ARP 316) i n constellation LEO, rms1217