NGC 4417
| Galaxy NGC 4417 |
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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 26 m 50.6 s |
| declination | + 09 ° 35 ′ 03 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.3 ′ × 1.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 49 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster |
| Redshift | 0.002762 +/- 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 828 +/- 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(34 ± 2) x 10 6 ly (10.5 ± 0.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 15, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4417 • UGC 7542 • PGC 40756 • CGCG 070-080 • MCG + 02-32-53 • 2MASX J12265062 + 0935028 • VCC 944 • GC 2979 • H II 155 • LEDA 40756 | |
NGC 4417 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 34 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 35,000 ly. The galaxy is listed under catalog number VCC 944 as a member of the Virgo galaxy cluster .
The galaxies NGC 4424 , NGC 4442 , IC 3357 , IC 3366 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on April 15, 1784 by Wilhelm Herschel .