NGC 4260
| Galaxy NGC 4260 |
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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 19 m 22.2 s |
| declination | + 06 ° 05 ′ 55 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) a / Sy / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.7 ′ × 1.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 58 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster NGC 4261 group WBL 392 LGG 278 |
| Redshift | 0.006531 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 1958 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(84 ± 6) · 10 6 ly (25.7 ± 1.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 13, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4260 • UGC 7361 • PGC 39656 • CGCG 042-015 • MCG + 01-31-054 • 2MASX J12192224 + 0605556 • VCC 341 • GC 2843 • H II 138 • h 1177 • NSA 30828 • LDCE 0904 NED040 • EVCC 340 | |
NGC 4260 is a bar-spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type SBa in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 84 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 65,000 light years in diameter. The galaxy is listed under catalog number VCC 341 as a member of the Virgo galaxy cluster .
The galaxies NGC 4264 , NGC 4269 , IC 3136 , IC 3155 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on April 13, 1784 by the astronomer William Herschel using his 18.7-inch mirror telescope.