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Within Vinony's link graph, NGC 3613 is referenced by 549 other articles, and connects out to list of stars in Ursa Major, NGC 3576 and Ursa Major.

It is catalogued under topics including Elliptical galaxies, NGC objects and Principal Galaxies Catalogue objects.

Its subject is documented across 29 Wikipedia language editions.

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
GiG
Redshift
z = 0.006738
Morphology
SA0
Coordinates
RA 169.6505° · Dec 57.9999°
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Key facts

Constellation
Ursa Major
Right ascension
11 18 36.130
Declination
+57 ° 59 ′ 59.73 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
2013 ± 47 km/s
Distance
98 Mly (30.1 Mpc )
Absolute magnitude v
− 21.5
Type
E6
Apparent size v
1.347 ′ × 0.997 ′

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
galaxy
Constellation
Ursa Major
Distance from Earth
32.77
Image
NGC 3613 PanS.jpg
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galaxy morphological type
SA0
Commons category
NGC 3613
catalog code
LEDA 34583
discoverer or inventor
William Herschel
time of discovery or invention
1793-04-08
apparent magnitude
10.546
right ascension
169.6505417
declination
57.9999250
redshift
0.006738
radial velocity
2013
epoch
J2000.0

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 3613 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major. It was discovered by the astronomer William Herschel on 8 April 1793. NGC 3613 is the center of a cluster of galaxies, and has an estimated globular cluster population of over 2,000.

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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 3613” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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