NGC 4632
| Galaxy NGC 4632 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 42 m 32.0 s |
| declination | -00 ° 04 ′ 57 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAc / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.0 'x 1.2' |
| Position angle | 63 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 299 |
| Redshift | 0.005747 ± 0.000010 |
| Radial velocity | 1723 ± 3 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(73 ± 5) · 10 6 ly (22.4 ± 1.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | February 22, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4632 • UGC 7870 • PGC 42689 • CGCG 014-110 • MCG + 00-32-038 • IRAS 12399 + 0011 • GC 3166 • H I 14 • h 1396 • LDCE 0904 NED229 • SDSS J124231.87-000454.8 | |
NGC 4632 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Virgo . It is around 73 million light years from the Milky Way . Together with NGC 4666 and NGC 4668 , it forms the small galaxy group LGG 299.
The object was discovered on February 22nd, 1784 by William Herschel .