NGC 4263
| Galaxy NGC 4263 / NGC 4265 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Crow |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 19 m 42.2 s |
| declination | -12 ° 13 ′ 32 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (rs) b / pec / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 '× 0.6' |
| Position angle | 125 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.013910 ± 0.000030 |
| Radial velocity | (4170 ± 9) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(180 ± 13) x 10 6 ly (55.3 ± 3.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 27, 1786 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4263 • 4265 • PGC 39698 • MCG -02-32-001 • IRAS 12171-1156 • 2MASX J12194219-1213319 • GC 2846 • H III 535 • GALEX ASC J121942.29-121330.1 • LDCE 880 NED006 | |
NGC 4263 = NGC 4265 is a spiral galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type Sb in the constellation Raven south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 180 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 65,000 ly
. a. the galaxies NGC 4225 , NGC 4279 , NGC 4285 , NGC 4329 .
The type II supernova SN 1998cj was observed here.
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on March 27, 1786 .