NGC3697 (Galaxy)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.

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From Cambridge , NGC3697 is visible in the evening sky, becoming accessible around 21:03 (EDT), 68° above your southern horizon, as dusk fades to darkness. It will then reach its highest point in the sky at 21:19, 68° above your southern horizon. It will continue to be observable until around 02:34, when it sinks below 21° above your western horizon.

Name NGC3697
Object type Galaxy
Part of Hickson 53
Other names
NGC 3697[2]
UGC 6479[3]
PGC 35347[4]
Position
Right ascension:11h28m [4]
Declination:+20°47' [4]
Constellation:Leo
Magnitude:13.06 (V) [2]
13.76 (B) [2]
10.95 (J) [2]
10.27 (H) [2]
10.00 (K) [2]
Hubble type:Sb
Distance:89.0 Mpc
290.1 Mlyr [1]
B-V Color (mag):0.70
Derived quantities
Absolute mag (V):-21.69

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