NGC 3687
| Galaxy NGC 3687 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big Bear |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 28 m 00.6 s |
| declination | + 29 ° 30 ′ 40 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SAB (r) bc? |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.9 'x 1.9' |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.008362 ± 0.000020 |
| Radial velocity | (2507 ± 6) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(111 ± 8) x 10 6 ly (34.0 ± 2.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | February 22, 1789 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3687 • UGC 6463 • PGC 35285 • CGCG 156-078 • MCG + 05-27-073 • 2MASX J11280056 + 2930397 • Mrk 736 • GC 2424 • H II 770 • h 895 • | |
NGC 3687 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation Great Bear. It is an estimated 111 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on February 22nd, 1789 .
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