| NGC 3632 | |
|---|---|
 SDSS image of NGC 3632 | |
| Observation data (J2000epoch) | |
| Constellation | Leo |
| Right ascension | 11h 20m 03.794s[1] |
| Declination | +18° 21′ 24.45″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.004977[2] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 1488 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 74.72 ± 0.39 Mly (22.91 ± 0.12 Mpc)[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 10.98[4] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 11.80[4] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | (R)SA0+(rs)[5] |
| Other designations | |
| Caldwell 40,NGC 3626,UGC 6343,MCG +03-29-032,PGC 34684[2] | |
NGC 3632 (also known asCaldwell 40) andNGC 3626[6] is an unbarredlenticular galaxy[5] andCaldwell object in the constellationLeo. It was discovered byWilliam Herschel, on 14 March 1784. It shines at magnitude +10.6[6]/+10.9. Its celestial coordinates are RA11h 20.1m, 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 group some 70 millionlight-years distant, itself one of the manyLeo II groups.[7]
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