NGC 3985

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NGC 3985
NGC3985 - SDSS DR14.jpg
Observation data
Constellation Ursa Major
Right ascension 11h 56m 42s
Declination +48° 20’ 02”
Redshift 0.003163
Distance 46.1 ± 13.5 Mly (14.1 ± 4.1 Mpc) [1]
Apparent magnitude  (V)12.6
Surface brightness 21.62 mag/arcsec2[ citation needed ]
Characteristics
Type SB(s)m [1]
Size17,700 ly [1]
Apparent size  (V)1.3′ × 0.8′ [1]
Other designations
PGC 37542, UGC 6921, MCG 8-22-45, CGCG 243-31, IRAS 11541+4836, ARAK 334, KCPG 310

NGC 3985 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major. It is located at a distance of circa 45 million light years from Earth, which, given its apparent dimensions, means that NGC 3726 is about 18,000 light years across. [1] NGC 3985 is situated north of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the Northern Hemisphere. [2] The galaxy appears to have one spiral arm. [3]

NGC 3985 belongs in the NGC 3877 group, [4] which is part of the south Ursa Major groups, part of the Virgo Supercluster. [5] Other galaxies in the same group are NGC 3726, NGC 3893, NGC 3896, NGC 3906, NGC 3928, NGC 3949, and NGC 4010. [4]

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">NGC 3631</span> Galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">NGC 3726</span> Galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">NGC 7448</span> Galaxy in the constellation of Pegasus

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">NGC 779</span> Spiral galaxy in the constellation Cetus

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">NGC 2985</span> Galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">NGC 3729</span> Galaxy in the constellation of Ursa Major

NGC 3729 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Ursa Major. It is located at a distance of circa 65 million light years from Earth, which, given its apparent dimensions, means that NGC 3729 is about 60,000 light years across. It was discovered by William Herschel on April 12, 1789.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">NGC 4096</span> Spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 3985. Retrieved 2024-04-02.
  2. ↑ "A Complete Guide to the Solar System and the Night Sky | TheSkyLive". theskylive.com. Retrieved 2024-03-25.
  3. ↑ Sandage, A., Bedke, J. (1994) The Carnegie Atlas of Galaxies. Volume I, Carnegie Institution of Washington
  4. 1 2 Makarov, Dmitry; Karachentsev, Igor (21 April 2011). "Galaxy groups and clouds in the local (z~ 0.01) Universe". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 412 (4): 2498–2520. arXiv: 1011.6277 . Bibcode:2011MNRAS.412.2498M. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.18071.x. S2CID   119194025. Archived from the original on 31 January 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2017.
  5. ↑ "The Ursa Major Groups". www.atlasoftheuniverse.com.
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