Leo II Groups

Series of galaxy clusters

Leo II Groups

The Leo II Groups of galaxies

Observation data (Epoch )
Right ascension| 10h 00m to 11h 40m
Declination| 0° to +35°
Number of galaxies| at least 110
Parent structure| Virgo Supercluster
Distance| 65 Mly (20 Mpc) to 95 Mly (29 Mpc)
Other designations
Leo II Cloud

References: [1]

The Leo II Groups, or Leo II Cloud, are a series of at least 110 galactic clusters and individual galaxies stretching approximately 30 Mly (9.2 Mpc) ecliptic west of the edge of the Virgo cluster.[1][2] It is located approximately 65 Mly (20 Mpc) to 95 Mly (29 Mpc) from the Solar System, at a right ascension of 10h 00m to 11h 40m .[1]

These clusters include:[1][3]

* NGC 3166 Group
* AGC 208443
* AGC 208444
* AGC 208457
* AGC 208535
* AGC 208537
* NGC 3156
* NGC 3165
* NGC 3166
* NGC 3169
* NGC 3190 Group
* NGC 3162
* NGC 3177
* NGC 3185
* NGC 3187
* NGC 3190
* NGC 3193
* UGC 5574
* NGC 3227 Group
* NGC 3213
* NGC 3226
* NGC 3227
* UGC 5675
* NGC 3254 Group
* NGC 3245A
* NGC 3245
* NGC 3254
* NGC 3265
* NGC 3277
* NGC 3338 Group
* NGC 3338
* NGC 3346
* NGC 3389
* UGC 5832
* NGC 3370 Group
* NGC 3370
* NGC 3443
* NGC 3447
* NGC 3447A
* NGC 3454
* NGC 3455
* NGC 3457
* UGC 5945
* NGC 3396 Group
* IC 2604
* NGC 3381
* NGC 3395
* NGC 3396
* NGC 3424
* NGC 3430
* NGC 3442
* NGC 3504 Group
* NGC 3380
* NGC 3400
* NGC 3414
* NGC 3418
* NGC 3451
* NGC 3504
* NGC 3512
* UGC 5921
* NGC 3607 Group (Leo II Group)
* NGC 3501
* NGC 3507
* NGC 3592
* NGC 3605
* NGC 3607
* NGC 3608
* NGC 3626
* NGC 3655
* NGC 3659
* NGC 3681
* NGC 3684
* NGC 3686
* NGC 3691
* UGC 6112
* UGC 6171
* NGC 3640 Group
* NGC 3630
* NGC 3640
* NGC 3664
* NGC 3813 Group
* NGC 3755
* NGC 3813
* UGC 6603
* NGC 3810 Group[4]
* NGC 3773
* NGC 3810
* Additional galaxies in the group:
* NGC 3098
* NGC 3279
* NGC 3287
* NGC 3294
* NGC 3301
* NGC 3365
* NGC 3423
* NGC 3437
* NGC 3485
* NGC 3495
* NGC 3547
* NGC 3596
* NGC 3666
* NGC 3705
* UGC 5633
* UGC 5708
* UGC 6670

## See also

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* M96 Group
* Virgo II Groups
* Virgo III Groups

## References

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1. ^ a b c d Powell, Richard (July 30, 2006). "The Virgo II Groups". An Atlas of the Universe. Archived from the original on July 22, 2012. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
2. ^ Powell, Richard (February 23, 2003). "The Universe within 100 million Light Years". Durham University. Archived from the original on August 8, 2022. Retrieved August 8, 2022.
3. ^ "NAME NGC 3166 Group". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved August 9, 2022.
4. ^ Makarov, Dmitry; Karachentsev, Igor (April 21, 2011). "Galaxy groups and clouds in the local (z~ 0.01) Universe". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 412 (4): 2498–2520\. arXiv:1011.6277. Bibcode:2011MNRAS.412.2498M. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.18071.x. S2CID 119194025.2498-2520&rft.date=2011-04-21&rft_id=info:arxiv/1011.6277&rft_id=https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:119194025#id-name=S2CID&rft_id=info:doi/10.1111/j.1365-2966.2010.18071.x&rft_id=info:bibcode/2011MNRAS.412.2498M&rft.aulast=Makarov&rft.aufirst=Dmitry&rft.au=Karachentsev,+Igor&rft_id=http://www.sao.ru/hq/dim/groups/galaxies.dat&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Leo+II+Groups" class="Z3988">