NGC 3686
| Galaxy NGC 3686 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 27 m 44.0 s |
| declination | + 17 ° 13 ′ 27 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) bc |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.2 ′ × 2.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 15 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation |
NGC 3607 group Leo II group LGG 237 |
| Redshift | 0.003856 ± 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | 1156 ± 4 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(49 ± 3) x 10 6 ly (14.9 ± 1.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 14, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3686 • UGC 6460 • PGC 35268 • CGCG 096-049 • MCG + 03-29-051 • IRAS 11251 + 1729 • 2MASX J11274394 + 1713266 • GC 2423 • H III 28, II 160 • h 894 • HIPASS J1127 + 17 • LDCE 778 NED041 | |
NGC 3686 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation Leo at the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 49 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of 45,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky there are u. a. the galaxies NGC 3681 , NGC 3684 , NGC 3691 .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on March 14, 1784 .