NGC 3686

NGC 3686
NGC 3686
	SDSS image of NGC 3686
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Leo
Right ascension	11h 27m 43.942s
Declination	+17° 13′ 26.61″
Redshift	0.003853
Heliocentric radial velocity	1153 km/s
Distance	42.3 Mly (12.96 Mpc)
Apparent magnitude (V)	11.43
Apparent magnitude (B)	12.00
Characteristics
Type	SB(s)bc
Other designations
	UGC 6460, MCG +03-29-051, PGC 35268

NGC 3686 is a spiral galaxy that forms with three other spiral galaxies, NGCs 3681, 3684, and 3691, a quartet of galaxies in the Leo constellation.^[6] It was discovered on 14 March 1784 by William Herschel.^[7] It is a member of the NGC 3607 Group of galaxies, which is a member of the Leo II Groups, a series of galaxies and galaxy clusters strung out from the right edge of the Virgo Supercluster.^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W.; Chester, Thomas; Elias, Jonathan H.; Huchra, John P.; Liebert, James W.; Lonsdale, Carol J.; Monet, David G.; Price, Stephan; Seitzer, Patrick; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Fullmer, Linda; Hurt, Robert L.; Light, Robert M.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Tam, Robert; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Wheelock, Sherry L. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. S2CID 18913331.
^ ^a ^b ^c "NGC 3686". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
^ Crook, Aidan C.; Huchra, John P.; Martimbeau, Nathalie; Masters, Karen L.; Jarrett, Tom; Macri, Lucas M. (2007). "Groups of Galaxies in the Two Micron All Sky Redshift Survey". The Astrophysical Journal. 655 (2): 790–813. arXiv:astro-ph/0610732. Bibcode:2007ApJ...655..790C. doi:10.1086/510201. S2CID 11672751.
^ ^a ^b "Search specification: NGC 3686". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
^ "Results for object NGC 3686 (NGC 3686)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
^ Blackman, C. P. (1980). Surface photometry, mass distributions and stability of the NGC 3686 quartet of galaxies. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 191(1), 123–133.
^ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 3650 – 3699". cseligman.com. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
^ "The Leo III Groups". Atlas of the Universe. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2010.