NGC 4297
| Galaxy NGC 4297 |
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| SDSS image of NGC 4297, NGC4296 (below) | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| 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 |
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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 .
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