NGC 4219
| Galaxy NGC 4219 |
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| Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | centaur |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 16 m 27.4 s |
| declination | -43 ° 19 ′ 21 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (s) bc |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.7 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 36 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.006635 (± 0.000010) |
| Radial velocity | 1989 (± 3) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(80 ± 6) · 10 6 ly (24.6 ± 1.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | June 3, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4219 • PGC 39315 • ESO 267-037 • MCG -07-25-005 • IRAS 12138-4302 • 2MASX J12162731-4319274 • SGC 121350-4302.8 • AM 1213-430 • DCL 9 | |
NGC 4219 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Centaurus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 80 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 90,000 light years in diameter .
The object was discovered on June 3, 1834 by the astronomer John Herschel using his 18.7-inch telescope.