NGC 4627

galaxy

Key facts

Constellation: Canes Venatici
Right ascension: 12 41 59.7
Declination: +32 ° 34 ′ 25 ″
Redshift: 542 ± 16 km/ s
Distance: 30.3 Mly
Type: E4 pec
Apparent size v: 2.6 ′ × 1.8 ′

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: elliptical galaxy
Constellation: Canes Venatici
Distance from Earth: 9.0
Image: NGC 4627 I FUV g2006.jpg

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catalog code: Gaia DR2 1514507070317448576
Commons category: NGC 4627
Commons gallery: NGC 4627
discoverer or inventor: William Herschel
time of discovery or invention: 1787-03-20
apparent magnitude: 13.089
right ascension: 190.49986648075540
declination: 32.57355853158520
parallax: 0.2395
redshift: 0.002552
radial velocity: 828
epoch: J2000.0
galaxy morphological type: Epec
right ascension component of proper motion: -1.370
declination component of proper motion: -4.573

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 4627 is a dwarf elliptical galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici. The galaxy lies about 30 million light years away from Earth. NGC 4627 is located 3 arcminutes northwest of the nucleus of NGC 4631, a spiral galaxy which interacts with it.

References

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