NGC 3185 is a spiral galaxy located 20.4 Mpc away in the Leo constellation. NGC 3185 is a member of a four-galaxy group called HCG 44. It is also a member of the NGC 3190 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.[5]
| NGC 3185 | |
|---|---|
 NGC 3185, imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Leo |
| Right ascension | 10h 17m 38.584s[1] |
| Declination | +21° 41′ 17.82″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.004060[2] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 1217[2] |
| Distance | 74.62 ± 16.07 Mly (22.879 ± 4.928 Mpc)[2] |
| Group or cluster | HCG 44[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 12.17[4] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 12.99[4] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | (R)SB(r)a[2] |
| Apparent size (V) | 2.373′ × 1.234′[4] |
| Other designations | |
| NGC 3185, UGC 5554, MCG+04-24-024, HCG 44c, PGC 30059 | |
References
edit- ^ a b 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.
- ^ a b c d "NED Results for NGC 3185". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
- ^ "Stalking our celebrity neighbours". www.spacetelescope.org. 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
- ^ a b c "NGC 3185". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 9 February 2017.
- ^ "The Leo III Groups". Atlas of the Universe. Archived from the original on July 22, 2012. Retrieved 2010-11-27.
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