NGC 4462
| Galaxy NGC 4462 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Crow |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 29 m 21.2 s |
| declination | -23 ° 09 ′ 59 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (r) off |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.2 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 124 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.005977 ± 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | (1792 ± 4) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(73 ± 5) · 10 6 ly (22.4 ± 1.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 26, 1789 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4462 • PGC 41150 • ESO 506-013 • MCG -04-30-002 • IRAS 12266-2253 • 2MASX J12292109-2309598 • SGC 122644-2253.4 • GC 3014 • H III 764 • h 3396 • AM 1226-225 | |
NGC 4462 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBab in the constellation Raven south of the ecliptic . It is an estimated 73 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 70,000 ly. The galaxy has an area of 3.2 ′ × 1.1 ′ and an apparent magnitude of 12.0 mag.
The Type Ia supernova SN 1998bn was observed here.
The object was discovered on March 26, 1789 by the German-British astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .