NGC 3886

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

{{Infobox Galaxy

| name = NGC 3886

| image = 250px

| caption = SDSS image of NGC 3886.

| epoch = J2000

| type = S0^-{{cite web

| title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database

| work=Results for NGC 3886

| url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/

| accessdate=2018-08-09}}

| ra = {{RA|11|47|05.6}}

| dec = {{DEC|19|50|14}}

| dist_ly = {{convert|85|Mpc|Mly|abbr=on|lk=on|order=flip}}

| group_cluster = Leo Cluster

| h_radial_v = 5896 km/s

| z = 0.019667

| appmag_v = 14.11

| size_v = 1.2 x 0.9

| constellation name = Leo

| names = CGCG 97-147, MCG 3-30-111, PGC 36756, UGC 6760

|size=~{{convert|49|kpc|ly|abbr=on|lk=on|order=flip}} (estimated)

}}

NGC 3886 is a lenticular galaxy located about 280 million light-years away{{Cite web|url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+3886&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|title=Your NED Search Results|website=ned.ipac.caltech.edu|access-date=2018-08-10}} in the constellation Leo.{{Cite web|url=http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC3886|title=Revised NGC Data for NGC 3886|website=spider.seds.org|access-date=2018-08-10}} It was discovered by astronomer Heinrich d'Arrest on May 9, 1864.{{Cite web|url=https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc38a.htm#3886|title=New General Catalog Objects: NGC 3850 - 3899|last=|first=|date=|website=cseligman.com|language=en-US|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2018-07-17}} The galaxy is a member of the Leo Cluster.{{Cite news|url=http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=NGC++3886&NbIdent=query_hlinks&Coord=11+47+05.614+19+50+14.30&parents=5&submit=parents&hlinksdisplay=h_all|title=NGC 3886|access-date=2018-08-10}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wyWjVWYWoO8C&pg=PA640|title=Observing and Cataloguing Nebulae and Star Clusters: From Herschel to Dreyer's New General Catalogue|last=Steinicke|first=Wolfgang|date=2010-08-19|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=978-1-139-49010-8|language=en}}