NGC 3697
| Galaxy NGC 3697 |
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![NGC 3697 + ECO 2329 [1] (o)](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC3697_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 3697 + ECO 2329 (o) | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | lion |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 28 m 50.4 s |
| declination | + 20 ° 47 ′ 42 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SABb / AGN |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.4 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 93 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | HCG 53 WBL 335-001 |
| Redshift | 0.020884 ± 0.000103 |
| Radial velocity | 6261 ± 31 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(277 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (85.0 ± 6.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | February 24, 1827 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 3697 • UGC 6479 • PGC 35347 • CGCG 126-061 • MCG + 04-27-042 • 2MASX J11285037 + 2047426 • HCG 53A • HOLM 258A • LDCE 836 NED002 | |
NGC 3697 is a bar-spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 277 million light years from the Milky Way and about 200,000 ly in diameter. The galaxy is a member of the Hickson Compact Group HGC 53 .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 700 and IC 701 .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on February 24, 1827 .