The Leo II Groups, or Leo II Cloud, are a series of at least 110

galactic cluster An open cluster is a type of star cluster made of up to a few thousand stars that were formed from the same giant molecular cloud and have roughly the same age. More than 1,100 open clusters have been discovered within the Milky Way galaxy, and ...

s and individual

galaxies A galaxy is a system of stars, stellar remnants, interstellar gas, dust, dark matter, bound together by gravity. The word is derived from the Greek ' (), literally 'milky', a reference to the Milky Way galaxy that contains the Solar System. ...

stretching approximately 30 Mly (9.2 Mpc) off the right edge of the Virgo Supercluster. It is located approximately 65 Mly (20 Mpc) to 95 Mly (29 Mpc) from the

Solar System The Solar SystemCapitalization of the name varies. The International Astronomical Union, the authoritative body regarding astronomical nomenclature, specifies capitalizing the names of all individual astronomical objects but uses mixed "Solar S ...

, at a

right ascension Right ascension (abbreviated RA; symbol ) is the angular distance of a particular point measured eastward along the celestial equator from the Sun at the March equinox to the (hour circle of the) point in question above the earth. When paired w ...

of to . These clusters include: * NGC 3166 Group ** AGC 208443 ** AGC 208444 ** AGC 208457 ** AGC 208535 ** AGC 208537 ** NGC 3156 ** NGC 3165 ** NGC 3166 **

NGC 3169 NGC 3169 is a spiral galaxy about 75 million light years away in the constellation Sextans. It has the morphological classification SA(s)a pec, which indicates this is a pure, unbarred spiral galaxy with tightly-wound arms and peculiar features. ...

NGC 3190 Group 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) off the right edge of the Virgo Supercluster. It is located approximately 65 Mly (20 Mpc) to 95 M ...

** NGC 3162 ** NGC 3177 **

NGC 3185 NGC 3185 is a spiral galaxy located 20.4 parsec, Mpc away in the Leo (constellation), 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 L ...

** 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 commonly refers to: * New General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars, a catalogue of deep sky objects in astronomy NGC may also refer to: Companies * NGC Corporation, name of US electric company Dynegy, Inc. from 1995 to 1998 * Nat ...

** NGC 3447A ** NGC 3454 **

NGC 3455 NGC 3455 is an intermediate spiral galaxy located 65 million light-years away in the constellation of Leo. It is a member of the NGC 3370 Group of galaxies, which is a member of the Leo II Groups, a series of galaxies and galaxy clusters stru ...

** NGC 3457 ** UGC 5945 * NGC 3396 Group ** IC 2604 **

NGC 3381 NGC commonly refers to: * New General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars, a catalogue of deep sky objects in astronomy NGC may also refer to: Companies * NGC Corporation, name of US electric company Dynegy, Inc. from 1995 to 1998 * Nati ...

** NGC 3395 ** NGC 3396 **

NGC 3424 NGC commonly refers to: * New General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars, a catalogue of deep sky objects in astronomy NGC may also refer to: Companies * NGC Corporation, name of US electric company Dynegy, Inc. from 1995 to 1998 * Nati ...

** NGC 3430 ** NGC 3442 * NGC 3504 Group ** NGC 3380 ** NGC 3400 **

NGC 3414 NGC 3414 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Leo Minor (constellation), Leo Minor. It was discovered by William Herschel on April 11, 1785. It is the central galaxy of a rich galaxy group. Two galaxies, NGC 3418 and UGC 5958, have similar ...

** 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 3632 (also known as Caldwell 40) and NGC 3626 is an unbarred lenticular galaxy and Caldwell object in the constellation Leo (constellation), Leo. It was discovered by William Herschel, on 14 March 1784. It shines at magnitude +10.6/+10.9. Its ...

NGC 3655 NGC commonly refers to: * New General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars, a catalogue of deep sky objects in astronomy NGC may also refer to: Companies * NGC Corporation, name of US electric company Dynegy, Inc. from 1995 to 1998 * Nat ...

** NGC 3659 ** NGC 3681 **

NGC 3684 NGC commonly refers to: * New General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars, a catalogue of deep sky objects in astronomy NGC may also refer to: Companies * NGC Corporation, name of US electric company Dynegy, Inc. from 1995 to 1998 * Nat ...

** 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 **

NGC 3773 NGC commonly refers to: * New General Catalogue of Nebulae and Clusters of Stars, a catalogue of deep sky objects in astronomy NGC may also refer to: Companies * NGC Corporation, name of US electric company Dynegy, Inc. from 1995 to 1998 * Nat ...

** 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

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