NGC 4482
| Galaxy NGC 4482 / IC 3427 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 30 m 10.3 s |
| declination | + 10 ° 46 ′ 46 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb (s) I-II / E4? |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.70 × 1.0 |
| Position angle | 145 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster |
| Redshift | 0.006241 ± 0.000053 |
| Radial velocity | 1871 ± 16 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(81 ± 6) · 10 6 ly (24.8 ± 1.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 15, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4482 • IC 3427 • UGC 7640 • PGC 41272 • CGCG 070-130 • MCG + 02-32-098 • 2MASX J12301033 + 1046461 • VCC 1261 • GC 3033 • H III 40 • LDCE 0904 NED151 | |
NGC 4482 = IC 3427 is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E4 in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 81 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 45,000 ly. The galaxy is listed under catalog number VCC 1261 as a member of the Virgo galaxy cluster .
The galaxies NGC 4503 , IC 3425 , IC 3437 , IC 3447 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on March 15, 1784 by Wilhelm Herschel .