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NGC 636 in Cetus
Date ................ December 8, 2020 |
NGC 636 is the eastern-most galaxy in a string of galaxies in central
Cetus, several of which are on the Herschel
400i list; this one is about 96
million light years distant, so for
context it is about 50% farther than the average Virgo cluster galaxy. I noted this object to be very bright, easy to see, it was immediately apparent when I came across it, it was rather concentrated at 76x with the 20 mm erfle, and rather small. The galaxy is listed as being magnitude 12.4, but smaller than NGC 428, so its surface brightness must have been higher. |