Celestial hemisphere:  Southern  ·  Constellation: Hydra (Hya)  ·  Contains:  HD91964  ·  HD92036  ·  IC 629  ·  MQ J103603.33-272955.6  ·  MQ J103609.21-273817.2  ·  MQ J103610.28-272850.7  ·  MQ J103625.70-273728.6  ·  MQ J103634.75-274205.5  ·  MQ J103638.67-271843.2  ·  MQ J103641.70-273345.2  ·  MQ J103645.07-274157.2  ·  MQ J103710.76-274141.0  ·  MQ J103714.87-272532.7  ·  NGC 3307  ·  NGC 3308  ·  NGC 3309  ·  NGC 3311  ·  NGC 3312  ·  NGC 3314  ·  PGC 101367  ·  PGC 101368  ·  PGC 141464  ·  PGC 141466  ·  PGC 141468  ·  PGC 141469  ·  PGC 141471  ·  PGC 141473  ·  PGC 141474  ·  PGC 141475  ·  PGC 141481  ·  And 34 more.
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NGC 3312 is a spiral galaxy located approximately 320 million light-years away in the constellation Hydra. It was discovered by the German-British astronomer William Herschel in 1784.NGC 3312 is a member of a galaxy group known as the Hydra I group, which also includes the galaxies NGC 3309 and NGC 3311. The Hydra I group is located in the southern sky and is part of the larger Hydra-Centaurus supercluster, one of the largest structures in the universe.NGC 3312 is classified as a barred spiral galaxy, meaning that it has a central bar-shaped structure of stars, gas, and dust that is surrounded by a spiral pattern of arms. The galaxy is approximately 200,000 light-years in diameter and has a mass of about 3 trillion solar masses. It is thought to be similar in many ways to our own Milky Way galaxy.NGC 3312 has been the subject of several studies by astronomers, who have used it to study the properties of the intracluster medium, the distribution of dark matter, and the evolution of galaxies.

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Hydral Cluster - A collaboration of Our Observatory, Anthony Brunet-Bessette