NGC 4636 is the foremost galaxy of the galaxy group known as the NGC 4636 group. Other members of the group include NGC 4457, NGC 4586, NGC 4587, NGC 4600, NGC 4665, and NGC 4688. [37] These galaxies, along with NGC 4753, Messier 61 and their groups form the southern boundary of the Virgo cluster.

NGC 4636 is a Elliptical Galaxy in the Virgo constellation. NGC 4636 is situated close to the celestial equator and, as such, it is at least partly visible from both hemispheres in certain times of the year.

Oct 19, 2016 · The source associated with the elliptical galaxy NGC 4636, which is located about 47 million light years away, was observed to flare once. The only other objects known to have such rapid, bright, repeated flares involve young neutron stars such as magnetars, which have extremely powerful magnetic fields.

Apr 2, 2025 · NGC 4636 is an Active Galactic Nuclei/Nucleus located in the constellation of Virgo in the equatorial region. NGC 4636's distance from Earth is 53,173,274.26 light years. NGC 4636 is called NGC 4636 in the New General Catalogue (NGC).

NGC 4636 (UGC 7878, PGC 42734 and others) is a large (approximately 105,000 light-years in diameter) elliptical galaxy located approximately 49 million light-years away in Virgo. On January 12th, 2020, Koichi Itagaki discovered a magnitude 15 supernova designated as SN 2020ue (https://wis-tns.weiz...l/object/2020ue). This one has brightened to ...

Chandra's image of the elliptical NGC 4636 shows spectacular symmetric arms, or arcs, of hot gas extending 25,000 light years into a huge cloud of multimillion-degree-Celsius gas that envelopes the galaxy.

Aug 30, 2022 · This paper presents data from a 21 cm H i emission drift scan observation of a field partially covering the NGC 4636 galaxy group with the Five-hundred meter Aperture Radio Telescope (FAST). We construct a pipeline to reduce the data, and use SoFiA for source finding.

Sep 16, 2009 · We present Chandra ACIS-I and ACIS-S observations ( 200 ks in total) of the X-ray luminous elliptical galaxy NGC 4636, located in the outskirts of the Virgo cluster.

Apr 13, 2006 · We present the first dynamical study of the globular cluster system of NGC 4636. This giant elliptical galaxy is claimed to be extremely dark matter dominated, according to X-ray observations. Using the VLT with FORS2/MXU, we obtained velocities for 174 globular clusters.

An elliptical galaxy NGC 4636, situated 6 degrees north of γVir (Porrima), boasts a visual diameter of 6 arc minutes, placing it among the relatively larger specimens in this region. At its core lies an active galactic nucleus, leading NGC4636 to be classified as a Seyfert galaxy.