Barred spiral galaxy · Draco
NGC 4236
Also known as: C3
mag 9.824′ across
About
NGC 4236 is a barred spiral galaxy of magnitude 9.8 in Draco, about 24′ across.
How to find it
- NGC 4236 is in the constellation Draco.
- Best evenings: around mid-May it is highest at about 9 pm (10 pm in summer time); a month earlier, two hours later.
- Where on Earth: it is seen well, at least 10° up, from north of 11° S.
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What you will see
- EyesNot visible to the naked eye.
- Binoculars (10×50)Too faint for binoculars.
- Telescope (6–8 inch)Very hard or out of reach: it needs a dark sky and a larger telescope, or a camera.
For a dark country sky with no Moon. From a city, faint galaxies and nebulae can disappear completely.
Facts
| Designations | NGC 4236, C3, PGC 39346, UGC 7306 |
|---|---|
| Type | Barred spiral galaxy (SBd) |
| Magnitude | 9.8The smaller the number, the brighter. |
| Apparent size | 24′ × 6.8′position angle 161°; the full Moon is 31′ across |
| Surface brightness | 24.6 mag/arcsec²Average over its disc, in the blue band: the lower the number, the easier it is to see. |
| Constellation | Draco |
| Right ascension (J2000) | 12h 16m 42.1s |
| Declination (J2000) | +69° 27′ 45″ |
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Catalog data: OpenNGC by Mattia Verga, CC BY-SA 4.0, and d3-celestial by Olaf Frohn, BSD 3-Clause. All data sources →