NGC 3686

NGC 3686
SDSS image of NGC 3686
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationLeo
Right ascension11h 27m 43.942s[1]
Declination+17° 13′ 26.61″[1]
Redshift0.003853[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity1153 km/s[2]
Distance42.3 Mly (12.96 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (V)11.43[4]
Apparent magnitude (B)12.00[4]
Characteristics
TypeSB(s)bc[5]
Other designations
UGC 6460, MCG +03-29-051, PGC 35268[2]

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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b c "NGC 3686". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ a b "Search specification: NGC 3686". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  5. ^ "Results for object NGC 3686 (NGC 3686)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 3650 – 3699". cseligman.com. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  8. ^ "The Leo III Groups". Atlas of the Universe. Archived from the original on 22 July 2012. Retrieved 27 November 2010.
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