NGC 3486

NGC 3486

Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Leo Minor
Right ascension 11h 00m 23.946s[1]
Declination +28° 58′ 29.35″[1]
Redshift +0.004113 ± 0.000003[2]
Helio radial velocity +681[3] km/s
Distance 27.4 Mly (8.41 Mpc)[3]
Type SAB(r)c[4]
Apparent dimensions (V) 7.1' × 5.3'
Apparent magnitude (V) 10.5[5]
Other designations
UGC 6079

NGC 3486 is a barred spiral galaxy located about 27.4[3] million light years away in the constellation of Leo Minor. It has a morphological classification of SAB(r)c,[4] which indicates it is a 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

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Skrutskie, M. F. et al. (February 2006), "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)", Astrophysical Journal 131 (2): 1163–1183, Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S, doi:10.1086/498708.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 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.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 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.
  5. ↑ "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 3486. Retrieved 2006-11-21.
  6. ↑ Buta, Ronald J. et al. (2007), Atlas of Galaxies, Cambridge University Press, pp. 13–17, ISBN 0521820480.
  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.

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Coordinates: 10h 59m 44.8s, +28° 59′ 44.8″