NGC 4297

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Galaxy
NGC 4297
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SDSS image of NGC 4297, NGC4296 (below)
SDSS image of NGC 4297, NGC4296 (below)
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Constellation Virgin
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 12 h 21 m 27.4 s
declination + 06 ° 40 ′ 16 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0 (7) (tides)  
Brightness  (visual) 14.6 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.6 mag
Angular expansion 0.5 'x 0.2'
Position angle 168 °
Surface brightness 12.0 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation Virgo cluster  
Redshift 0.013446 ± 0.000083  
Radial velocity 4031 ± 25 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(177 ± 12)  ·  10 6  ly
(54.2 ± 03.8)  Mpc 
history
discovery William Herschel
Discovery date April 13, 1784
Catalog names
NGC  4297 • UGC  7409 • PGC  39940 • CGCG  042-041 • MCG  + 01-32-018 • 2MASX  J12212737 + 0640159 • VCC  473 • GC  2873 • H  III 93 •

NGC 4297 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Virgo in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 177 million light years from the Milky Way . It probably forms an interactive pair with NGC 4296 . It is listed as a member of the Virgo galaxy cluster under catalog number VCC 473 .

The object was discovered on April 13, 1784 by the astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .

Web links

Commons : NGC 4297  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 4297
  3. Seligman