NGC 3384是赫歇爾在1784年發現，位於獅子座的一個橢圓星系。經由顏色的分析，位於星系中心的恆星是年齡最高的。他們中的80%屬於第二星族星，年齡都已在10億歲以上[4]
NGC 3384是M96星系團的一員。，這個星系團位於獅子座，有時也被稱為獅子座 I[4]。這個集團包含的梅西爾天體有M95、M96和M105。所有的這些天體在天空中彼此都非常接近[5][6][7][8]。
- NGC 3384, position and other data（页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆）
- NGC 3384 SIMBAD entry（页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆）
- Pdf document: Stellar population analysis applied to NGC 3384
- Wikisky.org: SDSS image, NGC 3384（页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆）
- WikiSky上关于NGC 3384的内容：DSS2,SDSS,GALEX,IRAS,氢α,X射线,天文照片,天图,文章和图片
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