NGC 4296
| Galaxy NGC 4296 |
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| SDSS image of NGC 4296, NGC 4297 (above) | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 21 m 28.4 s |
| declination | + 06 ° 39 ′ 13 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 'x 0.9' |
| Position angle | 15 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster |
| Redshift | 0.013673 ± 0.000060 |
| Radial velocity | 4031 ± 25 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(180 ± 13) x 10 6 ly (55.1 ± 3.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 13, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4296 • UGC 7409 • PGC 39943 • CGCG 042-041 • MCG + 01-32-017 • 2MASX J12212838 + 0639128 • VCC 475 • GC 2872 • H III 92 • LDCE 0886 NED003 | |
NGC 4296 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Virgo in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 180 million light years from the Milky Way . It probably forms an interacting pair with NGC 4297 . It is listed as a member of the Virgo galaxy cluster under catalog number VCC 475 .
The object was discovered on April 13, 1784 by the astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .
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