NGC 4458
| Galaxy NGC 4458 |
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![NGC 4458 [1] Hubble Space Telescope](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC_4458HST.jpg)
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| NGC 4458 Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 28 m 57.565 s |
| declination | + 13 ° 14 ′ 30.82 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E0-1 |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 1.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 45 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster NGC 4472 group LGG 292 |
| Redshift | 0.002258 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 677 ± 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(28 ± 2) x 10 6 ly (8.57 ± 0.60) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 12, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4458 • UGC 7610 • PGC 41095 • CGCG 070-114 • MCG + 02-32-082 • 2MASX J12285753 + 1314308 • VCC 1146 • GC 3010 • H II 121 • h 1287 • WISEA J122857.55 + 131430.8 • VPC 622 • EVCC 2127 • HOLM 411B • LDCE 904 NED136 | |
NGC 4458 is an elliptical dwarf galaxy from the Hubble type E1 in the constellation virgin on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 28 million light years from the Milky Way and about 15,000 light years across. Together in NGC 4461 , it forms the (optical) galaxy pair Holm 411 and is listed as a member of the Virgo galaxy cluster under catalog number VCC 1146 .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4435 , NGC 4473 , IC 3386 , IC 3393 .
The object was discovered on April 12, 1784 by the German-British astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .
Web links
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