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NGC 3632

Coordinates:Sky map11h20m03.8s,+18° 21′ 25″
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NGC 3632
SDSSimage of NGC 3632
Observation data (J2000epoch)
ConstellationLeo
Right ascension11h20m03.794s[1]
Declination+18° 21′ 24.45″[1]
Redshift0.004977[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity1488 km/s[2]
Distance74.72 ± 0.39Mly(22.91 ± 0.12Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude(V)10.98[4]
Apparent magnitude(B)11.80[4]
Characteristics
Type(R)SA0+(rs)[5]
Other designations
Caldwell40,NGC3626,UGC6343,MCG+03-29-032,PGC34684[2]

NGC 3632(also known asCaldwell 40) andNGC 3626[6]is an unbarredlenticular galaxy[5]andCaldwell objectin the constellationLeo.It was discovered byWilliam Herschel,on 14 March 1784. It shines at magnitude +10.6[6]/+10.9. Its celestial coordinates are RA11h20.1m,dec +18° 21′. It is located near the naked-eye-class A4starZosma,as well as galaxiesNGC 3608,NGC 3607,NGC 3659,NGC 3686,NGC 3684,NGC 3691,NGC 3681,andNGC 3655.Its dimensions are 2′.7 × 1′.9.[6]The galaxy belongs to theNGC 3607 groupsome 70 millionlight-yearsdistant, itself one of the manyLeo II groups.[7]

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  1. ^abSkrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W.; Chester, Thomas; Elias, Jonathan H.; Huchra, John P.; Liebert, James W.; Lonsdale, Carol J.; Monet, David G.; Price, Stephan; Seitzer, Patrick; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Fullmer, Linda; Hurt, Robert L.; Light, Robert M.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Tam, Robert; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Wheelock, Sherry L. (1 February 2006)."The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)".The Astronomical Journal.131(2): 1163–1183.Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S.doi:10.1086/498708.ISSN0004-6256.S2CID18913331.
  2. ^abc"NGC 3626".SIMBAD.Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg.Retrieved2021-02-13.
  3. ^Tully, R. Brent; et al. (2013). "Cosmicflows-2: The Data".The Astronomical Journal.146(4): 86.arXiv:1307.7213.Bibcode:2013AJ....146...86T.doi:10.1088/0004-6256/146/4/86.S2CID118494842.
  4. ^ab"Search specification: NGC 3626".HyperLeda.Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1.Retrieved2021-02-13.
  5. ^ab"Results for object NGC 3626 (NGC 3626)".NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database.California Institute of Technology.Retrieved2021-02-13.
  6. ^abcErdmann, Jr., Robert E. (1996–2008)."Object Data".The NGC / IC Project. Archived fromthe originalon September 4, 2001.Retrieved2008-08-11.
  7. ^Powell, Richard (2006)."The Leo II Groups".Atlas of The Universe.Retrieved2008-08-11.

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