NGC 2686
| Galaxy NGC 2686 |
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| SDSS image of NGC 2686, NGC 2684 (or) & NGC 2687 (ol) | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big Bear |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 08 h 54 m 59.8 s |
| declination | + 49 ° 08 ′ 33 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | C + C |
| Brightness (visual) | 1: 15.2 mag 2: 16.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 1: 16.2 mag 2: 17.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1: 0.5 / 0.3 2: 0.3 / 0.2 |
| Position angle | 1: 54 ° 2: 39 ° |
| Surface brightness | 1/2: 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | ? |
| Radial velocity | ? km / s |
| distance | ? pc |
| history | |
| discovery | RJ Mitchell |
| Discovery date | March 11, 1858 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 2686 • PGC 25025/25026 • MCG + 08-16-036 / 037 • VV 765 • | |
NGC 2686 is an optical pair of galaxies in the constellation Great Bear .
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 2684 , NGC 2688 , NGC 2687 and NGC 2689 .
The object was discovered by RJ Mitchell on March 11, 1858 .