NGC 4633

{{Short description|Galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices}}

{{Infobox Galaxy

| name = NGC 4633

| image = NGC 4633 SDSS.jpg

| image_size = 250px

| caption = SDSS image of NGC 4633.

| epoch = J2000

| type = SAB(s)dm{{cite web

| title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database

| work=Results for NGC 4633

| url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/

| access-date=2017-09-12}}

| ra = {{RA|12|42|37.4}}

| dec = {{DEC|14|21|26}}

| dist_ly = 69,154,400 ly

| group_cluster = Virgo Cluster

| z = 0.000971/291 km/s

| appmag_v = 13.8

| size_v = 2.29 x 0.83

| constellation name = Coma Berenices

| names = IC 3688, PGC 42699, UGC 7874, VCC 1929

|size=~45,602.76 ly (estimated)}}

NGC 4633 is a spiral galaxy located about 70 million light-years away{{Cite web|url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+4633&extend=no&hconst=73&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES|title=Your NED Search Results|website=ned.ipac.caltech.edu|access-date=2017-09-14}} in the constellation of Coma Berenices.{{Cite web|url=https://dso-browser.com/deep-sky/5696/ngc-4633/galaxy|title=Galaxy NGC 4633 - Galaxy in Coma Berenices Constellation · Deep Sky Objects Browser|last=Rojas|first=Sebastián García|website=DSO Browser|language=en|access-date=2017-09-14|archive-date=2017-09-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914124833/https://dso-browser.com/deep-sky/5696/ngc-4633/galaxy|url-status=dead}} It is interacting with the nearby galaxy NGC 4634.{{Cite web|url=https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1238a/|title=Glowing gas and dark dust in a side-on spiral|last=|website=www.spacetelescope.org|language=en-GB|access-date=2017-09-14}}{{Cite web|url=http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/NEDatt?objname=NGC+4633|title=Detailed Object Classifications|website=ned.ipac.caltech.edu|access-date=2017-09-14}} NGC 4633 was discovered by astronomer Edward D. Swift on April 27, 1887. It was rediscovered on November 23, 1900, by astronomer Arnold Schwassmann and was later listed as IC 3688.{{Cite web|url=http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc46.htm#4633|title=New General Catalog Objects: NGC 4600 - 4649|website=cseligman.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-09-03}} NGC 4633 is a member of the Virgo Cluster.{{Cite web|url=http://www.atlasoftheuniverse.com/galgrps/vir.html|title=The Virgo Cluster|website=www.atlasoftheuniverse.com|access-date=2017-09-14}}