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Vinony's link graph records 661 inbound references to NGC 4636, and connects out to list of stars in Virgo, NGC 4624 and list of NGC objects (4001–5000).
Vinony files it under Astronomical objects discovered in 1784, Discoveries by William Herschel and Elliptical galaxies.
Vinony links it to 31 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Right ascension
- 12 42 49.8264
- Declination
- +02 ° 41 ′ 16.08 ″
- Redshift
- 0.003129 ± 0.000014
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 938 ± 4 km / s
- Distance
- 53 ± 11 Mly (16.3 ± 3.4 Mpc )
- Type
- E/S0_1
- Apparent size v
- 6.0 ′ × 4.7 ′
- Notable features
- Strong X-ray source
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- elliptical galaxy
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Distance from Earth
- 14.6
- Image
- NGC 4636.png
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- catalog code
- [ZEH2003] RX J1242.8+0241 1
- discoverer or inventor
- William Herschel
- time of discovery or invention
- 1784-02-23
- apparent magnitude
- 9.921
- redshift
- 0.003653
- galaxy morphological type
- E-E/S0
- Commons category
- NGC 4636
- right ascension
- 190.7077792
- declination
- 2.6877806
- radial velocity
- 919
- epoch
- J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 4636 is an elliptical galaxy located in the constellation Virgo. It is a member of the NGC 4753 Group of galaxies, which is a member of the Virgo II Groups, a series of galaxies and galaxy clusters strung out from the southern edge of the Virgo Supercluster. It is located at a distance of about 55 million light years from Earth, which, given its apparent dimensions, means that NGC 4636 is about 105,000 light years across.
It was discovered by William Herschel on February 23, 1784. NGC 4636 lies one and a half degrees southwest of Delta Virginis. It can be viewed through a telescope at a ×23 magnification as a bright oval glow. It is part of the Herschel 400 Catalogue.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 4636” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.