NGC 3344 is a weakly barred spiral galaxy approximately 20 million light years away in the Leo Minor constellation. It contains an inner ring, with its spiral arms wound tightly around it. But as the spiral arms move outward, they become more loosely bound. Its spiral arms are chock full of emission regions containing copious amounts of hydrogen—the red and pink blobs. That material is fodder for the prolific star formation going on in NGC 3344.