NGC 3686

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NGC 3686
NGC3686 - SDSS DR14.jpg
SDSS image of NGC 3686
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Leo
Right ascension 11h 27m 43.942s [1]
Declination +17° 13′ 26.61″ [1]
Redshift 0.003853 [2]
Heliocentric radial velocity 1153 km/s [2]
Distance 68  Mly (21  Mpc) [3]
Apparent magnitude  (V)11.43 [4]
Apparent magnitude  (B)12.00 [4]
Characteristics
Type SB(s)bc [5]
Other designations
UGC 6460, MCG +03-29-051, PGC 35268 [2]

NGC 3686 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Leo. It has two spiral arms and a weak bar. [3]

It forms a quartet with three other spiral galaxies, NGCs 3681, 3684, and 3691. [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. 1 2 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. 1 2 3 "NGC 3686". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  3. 1 2 Kostiuk, Valeria; Marchuk, Alexander; Gusev, Alexander; Chugunov, Ilia V. (2025). "A Comprehensive Analysis on the Nature of the Spiral Arms in NGC 3686, NGC 4321, and NGC 2403". Galaxies. 13 (2): 27. arXiv: 2503.19587 . Bibcode:2025Galax..13...27K. doi: 10.3390/galaxies13020027 .
  4. 1 2 "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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