Caldwell 32, also known as the Whale Galaxy or NGC 4631, is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici seen nearly edge-on, discovered by William Herschel in 1787. It lies roughly 25 to 30 million light-years from Earth and takes its popular name from its elongated, curved silhouette, which is distorted by gravitational interaction with its smaller companion galaxy, NGC 4627.
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Constellation CatalogueNew General Catalogue (NGC) 1 Discovery Year In the Other Atlases
In Constellation
Also in Divinity Atlas: the constellation this subject lies in.
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1. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
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2. Wikidata: Caldwell 32
Wikidata Q506384, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source NGC 4631 (Wikipedia)
Caldwell 32, Wikipedia - lead section, catalogue classification
NGC 4631 (also known as the Whale Galaxy or Caldwell 32) is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici about 30 million light years away from Earth.
NGC 4631, Wikipedia - lead section, constellation
NGC 4631 (also known as the Whale Galaxy or Caldwell 32) is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Canes Venatici about 30 million light years away from Earth.
- In Group: Spiral Galaxies, infobox 'type' field: SB(s)d (NED classification, de Vaucouleurs system) filed under Spiral Galaxies
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