NGC 4233
| Galaxy NGC 4233 |
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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 17 m 07.7 s |
| declination | + 07 ° 37 ′ 28 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 ^ 0 ^ |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.0 likes |
| Angular expansion | 2.4 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 174 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo Cluster NGC 4261 group LGG 278 |
| Redshift | 0.007692 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 2306 ± 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(100 ± 7) x 10 6 ly (30.6 ± 2.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | December 28, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4233 • UGC 7311 • PGC 39384 • CGCG 041-063 • MCG + 01-31-037 • 2MASX J12170769 + 0737279 • VCC 220 • GC 2823 • H II 496 • h 1161 • GALEX ASC J121707.64 + 073728.6 • LDCE 904 NED028 • EVCC 267 | |
NGC 4233 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Virgo in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 100 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 75,000 ly. The galaxy is listed under catalog number VCC 220 as part of The Virgo Galaxy Cluster.
The galaxies NGC 4224 , NGC 4235 , NGC 4224, IC 3113 are located in the same area of the sky .
Detail of the center and the dust disk of NGC 4233 using the Hubble Space Telescope
The object was discovered on December 28, 1785 by the astronomer William Herschel with the help of his 18.7 inch reflector telescope.