NGC 4536
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| NGC 4536 | |
 An ultraviolet image of NGC 4536 taken with GALEX. Credit: GALEX/NASA |
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| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
|---|---|
| Constellation | Virgo |
| Right ascension | 12h 34m 21.1s[1] |
| Declination | +02° 11′ 16″[1] |
| Redshift | 1808 ± 1 km/s[1] |
| Distance | 48.7 ± 0.9 Mly (14.9 ± 0.3 Mpc)[2] |
| Type | SAB(rs)bc[1] |
| Apparent dimensions (V) | 7′.6 × 3′.2[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 11.1[1] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 7732[1], PGC 41823[1] | |
| See also: Galaxy, List of galaxies | |
NGC 4536 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Virgo.
[edit] See also
- NGC 6946 - a similar spiral galaxy
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g h NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Results for NGC 4536. Retrieved on 2007-03-31.
- ^ Jensen, Joseph B.; Tonry, John L.; Barris, Brian J.; Thompson, Rodger I.; Liu, Michael C.; Rieke, Marcia J.; Ajhar, Edward A.; Blakeslee, John P. (February 2003). "Measuring Distances and Probing the Unresolved Stellar Populations of Galaxies Using Infrared Surface Brightness Fluctuations". Astrophysical Journal 583 (2): 712–726. doi:.
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