Celestial hemisphere:  Northern  ·  Constellation: Leo (Leo)  ·  Contains:  NGC 3686
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Galaxy NGC3686 in LEO, Jean-Pierre Lees
Galaxy NGC3686 in LEO
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Galaxy NGC3686 in LEO

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Galaxy NGC3686 in LEO, Jean-Pierre Lees
Galaxy NGC3686 in LEO
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Galaxy NGC3686 in LEO

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Another galaxy of the Herschel Catalog, observed twice by W.Herschel on March 14th and April 17th, 1784, and recorded under number H28_3 (_3 for very faint nebulae class of objects).
This galaxy is located 49 million ly away and has an angular size of 3.2x2.5 arcmin. This is a large, bright, face on spiral galaxy with a brighter core and a very short bar.

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