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NGC 3486

Coordinates: Sky map 10h 59m 44.8s, +28° 59′ 44.8″
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NGC 3486
NGC 3486
NGC 3486 (Hubble Space Telescope)
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationLeo Minor[1]
Right ascension11h 00m 23.946s[2]
Declination+28° 58′ 29.35″[2]
Redshift+0.004113 ± 0.000003[3]
Heliocentric radial velocity+681[4] km/s
Distance27.4 Mly (8.41 Mpc)[4]
Apparent magnitude (V)10.3[1]
Characteristics
TypeSAB(r)c[5]
Apparent size (V)7.1′ × 5.2′[1]
Other designations
UGC 6079

NGC 3486 is an intermediate barred spiral galaxy located about 27.4[4] million light years away in the constellation of Leo Minor. It has a morphological classification of SAB(r)c,[5] which indicates it is a weakly barred spiral with an inner ring and loosely wound arms.[6] This is a borderline, low-luminosity Seyfert galaxy with an active nucleus. However, no radio or X-ray emission has been detected from the core, and it may only have a small supermassive black hole with less than a million times the mass of the Sun.[7]

References

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  1. 1 2 3 Finlay, Warren H. (2014), Concise Catalogue of Deep-Sky Objects, The Patrick Moore Practical Astronomy Series (2nd ed.), Springer Cham, p. 253, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-03170-5, ISBN 978-3-319-03169-9.
  2. 1 2 Skrutskie, Michael F.; et al. (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.
  3. ↑ Wegner, Gary; et al. (December 2001), "Redshifts for 2410 Galaxies in the Century Survey Region", The Astronomical Journal, 122 (6): 2893–2900, arXiv:astro-ph/0109101, Bibcode:2001AJ....122.2893W, doi:10.1086/323915, S2CID 118957098.
  4. 1 2 3 Crook, Aidan C.; et al. (February 2007), "Groups of Galaxies in the Two Micron All Sky Redshift Survey", The Astrophysical Journal, 655 (2): 790–813, arXiv:astro-ph/0610732, Bibcode:2007ApJ...655..790C, doi:10.1086/510201, S2CID 11672751.
  5. 1 2 Conselice, C. J. (November 1997), "The Symmetry, Color, and Morphology of Galaxies", Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 109: 1251–1255, arXiv:astro-ph/9710234, Bibcode:1997PASP..109.1251C, doi:10.1086/134004, S2CID 119348520.
  6. ↑ Buta, Ronald J.; et al. (2007), Atlas of Galaxies, Cambridge University Press, pp. 13–17, ISBN 978-0521820486.
  7. ↑ Maoz, Dan (June 2007), "Low-luminosity active galactic nuclei: are they UV faint and radio loud?", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 377 (4): 1696–1710, arXiv:astro-ph/0702292, Bibcode:2007MNRAS.377.1696M, doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2007.11735.x, S2CID 17578792.
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  • NGC 3486 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images
  • "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 3486. Retrieved 2006-11-21.
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