NGC 4627

NGC 4627
NGC 4627
	An ultraviolet image of NGC 4627 taken by GALEX.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Canes Venatici
Right ascension	12h 41m 59.7s
Declination	+32° 34′ 25″
Redshift	542 ± 16 km/s
Distance	30.3 Mly
Apparent magnitude (V)	13.1
Characteristics
Type	E4 pec
Apparent size (V)	2.6′ × 1.8′
Other designations
	UGC 7860, PGC 42620

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.^[3]

References[edit]

^ R. W. Sinnott, ed. (1988). The Complete New General Catalogue and Index Catalogue of Nebulae and Star Clusters by J. L. E. Dreyer. Sky Publishing Corporation and Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-933346-51-2.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 4627. Retrieved 2007-04-01.
^ Neininger, N.; Dumke, M. (11 May 1999). "Intergalactic cold dust in the NGC 4631 group". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 96 (10): 5360–5365. arXiv:astro-ph/9904302. doi:10.1073/pnas.96.10.5360.

External links[edit]

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[sinnott1988-1] R. W. Sinnott, ed. (1988). The Complete New General Catalogue and Index Catalogue of Nebulae and Star Clusters by J. L. E. Dreyer. Sky Publishing Corporation and Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-933346-51-2.

[ned-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 4627. Retrieved 2007-04-01.

[3] Neininger, N.; Dumke, M. (11 May 1999). "Intergalactic cold dust in the NGC 4631 group". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 96 (10): 5360–5365. arXiv:astro-ph/9904302. doi:10.1073/pnas.96.10.5360.

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