NGC 4634

galaxy

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Vinony's link graph records 494 inbound references to NGC 4634, and connects out to NGC 4624, Coma Berenices and epoch.

It sits within the topics Barred spiral galaxies, Coma Berenices and Interacting galaxies.

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Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type: GiG
Redshift: z = 0.00047377324571296064
Morphology: S_x
Coordinates: RA 190.6708° · Dec 14.2959°

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Key facts

Constellation: Coma Berenices
Right ascension: 12 42 40.986
Declination: +14 ° 17 ′ 45.15 ″
Group or cluster: Virgo Cluster
Type: SBcd
Size: 49,800 ly (15.28 kpc )
Apparent size v: 2.6 ′ × 0.494 ′

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: spiral galaxy
Constellation: Coma Berenices
Distance from Earth: 16.7
Image: NGC 4634 Hubble WikiSky.jpg

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Commons category: NGC 4634
catalog code: LEDA 42707
radial velocity: 234
discoverer or inventor: William Herschel
time of discovery or invention: 1787-01-14
apparent magnitude: 9.254
galaxy morphological type: Sc(dSc)
redshift: 0.00078
right ascension: 190.6707750
declination: 14.2958750
epoch: J2000.0

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 4634 is an edge-on barred spiral galaxy located about 70 million light-years away in the constellation of Coma Berenices. NGC 4634 was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on January 14, 1787. It is interacting with the spiral galaxy NGC 4633. Both galaxies are members of the Virgo Cluster.

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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 4634” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.