NGC 3697

galaxy

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type: GiG
Redshift: z = 0.02110715542140129
Morphology: SBb
Coordinates: RA 172.2099° · Dec 20.7950°

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Key facts

Constellation: Leo
Right ascension: 11 28 50.380
Declination: +20 ° 47 ′ 42.61 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity: 6261 km/s
Distance: 291.57 ± 24.07 Mly (89.395 ± 7.379 Mpc )
Group or cluster: HCG 53
Type: SABb
Size: 212,000 ly (65,010 pc )
Apparent size v: 2.5 ′ × 0.7 ′

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: intermediate spiral galaxy
Constellation: Leo
Distance from Earth: 91.66
Image: NGC3697 - SDSS DR14.jpg

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catalog code: Gaia DR2 3978614783959408896
right ascension: 172.20989757016480
galaxy morphological type: SBb
Commons category: NGC 3697
discoverer or inventor: John Frederick William Herschel
time of discovery or invention: 1827-02-24
apparent magnitude: 10.001
redshift: 0.020884
declination: 20.79499387880860
radial velocity: 6263
epoch: J2000.0

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 3697 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Leo. It was discovered on 24 February 1827 by John Herschel. It was described as "extremely faint, very small, extended 90°" by John Louis Emil Dreyer, the compiler of the New General Catalogue. It is a member of HCG 53, a compact group of galaxies.

One supernova, SN 2020aavb (type Ia, mag. 16), was discovered in NGC 3697 on 23 November 2020.

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