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NGC 4631 · Whale Galaxy

NGC 4631 · Galaxy · Canes Venatici

Whale Galaxy

Also known as C 32 · PGC 42637 · UGC 7865

Caldwell 32
Herschel 400
RASC Finest NGC
Smart Telescope · Small Targets

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Type: Galaxy
Constellation: Canes Venatici
Position (J2000): 12h 42m 08s · +32° 32′ 29″
Discovered: by William Herschel in 1787

Pictures: 0
Magnitude: 9.24; visual
Size: 14.5′ × 2.2′
Distance: ~23,000,000 ly
Best months: Mar–May

Catalogue data from OpenNGC by Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0. Distances, discoverers and common names from Wikidata, CC0.

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