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Q956880

galaxy

Key facts

Constellation: Leo
Right ascension: 11 24 26
Declination: +11 ° 20 ′ 31 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity: 1018 ± 1 km/s
Type: SA(rs)c

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Wikidata facts

Distance from Earth: 16
Image: NGC 3666 hst 09042 49 R814 B450.png

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Commons category: NGC 3666
catalog code: Gaia DR2 3915827820995905536
time of discovery or invention: 1784-00-00
apparent magnitude: 11.535
galaxy morphological type: Sc
right ascension: 171.10861704165710
declination: 11.34205693212060
redshift: 0.00354
radial velocity: 1062

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NGC 3666 is an unbarred spiral galaxy in the constellation Leo. It was discovered by William Herschel on March 15, 1784. It 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.