NGC 3185

{{Short description|Galaxy in the constellation Leo}}

{{Sky|10|17|38.584|+|21|41|17.82}}

{{Infobox galaxy

| name = NGC 3185

| image = Stalking our celebrity neighbours.jpg

| image_size = 300px

| caption = NGC 3185, imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope

| epoch = J2000

| constellation name = Leo

| ra = {{RA|10|17|38.584}}{{cite journal |doi=10.1086/498708 |last1=Skrutskie |first1=Michael F. |last2=Cutri |first2=Roc M. |last3=Stiening |first3=Rae |last4=Weinberg |first4=Martin D. |last5=Schneider |first5=Stephen E. |last6=Carpenter |first6=John M. |last7=Beichman |first7=Charles A. |last8=Capps |first8=Richard W. |last9=Chester |first9=Thomas |last10=Elias |first10=Jonathan H. |last11=Huchra |first11=John P. |last12=Liebert |first12=James W. |last13=Lonsdale |first13=Carol J. |last14=Monet |first14=David G. |last15=Price |first15=Stephan |last16=Seitzer |first16=Patrick |last17=Jarrett |first17=Thomas H. |last18=Kirkpatrick |first18=J. Davy |last19=Gizis |first19=John E. |last20=Howard |first20=Elizabeth V. |last21=Evans |first21=Tracey E. |last22=Fowler |first22=John W. |last23=Fullmer |first23=Linda |last24=Hurt |first24=Robert L. |last25=Light |first25=Robert M. |last26=Kopan |first26=Eugene L. |last27=Marsh |first27=Kenneth A. |last28=McCallon |first28=Howard L. |last29=Tam |first29=Robert |last30=Van Dyk |first30=Schuyler D. |last31=Wheelock |first31=Sherry L. |title=The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) |journal=The Astronomical Journal |date=1 February 2006 |volume=131 |issue=2 |pages=1163–1183 |bibcode=2006AJ....131.1163S |s2cid=18913331 |issn=0004-6256 |doi-access=free }}

| dec = {{DEC|+21|41|17.82}}

| z = 0.004060{{cite web|work=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database|title=NED Results for NGC 3185|url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+3185&extend=no&hconst=73&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES|access-date=2 September 2016}}

| h_radial_v = 1217

| gal_v =

| dist_ly = {{convert|22.879|+/-|4.928|Mpc|Mly|abbr=on|lk=on|order=flip}}

| group_cluster = HCG 44{{cite web|url=https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1326a/|title=Stalking our celebrity neighbours|website=www.spacetelescope.org|date=2013|access-date=9 February 2017}}

| type = (R)SB(r)a

| mass =

| size =

| stars =

| appmag_v = 12.17{{cite simbad|title=NGC 3185|access-date=9 February 2017}}

| appmag_b = 12.99

| absmag_v =

| size_v = 2.373{{prime}} × 1.234{{prime}}

| notes =

| names = NGC 3185, UGC 5554, MCG+04-24-024, HCG 44c, PGC 30059

}}

NGC 3185 is a spiral galaxy located 20.4 Mpc away in the Leo constellation. NGC 3185 is a member of a four-galaxy group called HCG 44. It is also a member of the NGC 3190 Group of galaxies, which is a member of the Leo II Groups, a series of galaxies and galaxy clusters strung out from the right edge of the Virgo Supercluster.{{cite web | title=The Leo III Groups |work=Atlas of the Universe |url=http://www.atlasoftheuniverse.com/galgrps/leoii.html |access-date=2010-11-27 |archive-date=July 22, 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120722223749/http://www.atlasoftheuniverse.com/galgrps/leoii.html |url-status=live }}