NGC 4468
| Galaxy NGC 4468 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Berenike's hair |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 29 m 30.9 s |
| declination | + 14 ° 02 ′ 57 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA0-? |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 '× 1.1' |
| Position angle | 73 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster |
| Redshift | 0.003032 ± 0.000037 |
| Radial velocity | 909 ± 11 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(38 ± 3) x 10 6 ly (11.8 ± 0.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | January 14, 1787 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4468 • UGC 7628 • PGC 41171 • CGCG 070-122 • MCG + 02-32-090 • 2MASX J12293088 + 1402569 • VCC 1196 • GC 3017 • H II 630 • LDCE 904 NED144 | |
NGC 4468 is an elliptical dwarf galaxy of the Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Haar der Berenike in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 38 million light years from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 15,000 ly. The galaxy is listed as a member of the Virgo galaxy cluster under catalog number VVC 1196 .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4447 , NGC 4459 , NGC 4474 , IC 3432 .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on January 14, 1787 .