NGC 4246
| Galaxy NGC 4246 / IC 3113 |
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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 58.1 s |
| declination | + 07 ° 11 ′ 09 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (s) c / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.3 '× 1.2' |
| Position angle | 83 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster |
| Redshift | 0.012409 ± 0.000010 |
| Radial velocity | 3720 ± 3 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(163 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (49.9 ± 3.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 13, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4246 • IC 3113 • UGC 7334 • PGC 39479 • CGCG 041-070 • MCG + 01-31-041 • 2MASX J12175811 + 0711091 • VCC 264 • GC 2833 • H III 91 • HIPASS J1217 + 07 • HOLM 359B • LDCE 886 NED002 | |
NGC 4246 = IC 3113 is a spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type Sc in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 163 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 110,000 ly. The galaxy is listed under catalog number VCC 264 as a member of the Virgo galaxy cluster . Together with NGC 4235 and NGC 4247 , it forms the galaxy trio Holm 359 .
The galaxies NGC 4223 , NGC 4224 , NGC 4233 , IC 3102 are located in the same area of the sky .
The supernovae SN 1975C and SN 1984U were observed here.
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on April 13, 1784 .
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Attention: The sorting key "NGC 4246" overwrites the previously used key "IC3113".