NGC 4474
| Galaxy NGC 4474 |
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| The galaxy NGC 4474 imaged using the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| 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 53.5 s |
| declination | + 14 ° 04 ′ 07 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 / pec: |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.4 '× 1.6' |
| Position angle | 80 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster LGG 289 |
| Redshift | 0.005374 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 1611 ± 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(70 ± 5) · 10 6 ly (21.4 ± 1.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 8, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4474 • UGC 7634 • PGC 41241 • CGCG 070-127 • MCG + 02-32-094 • 2MASX J12295354 + 1404072 • VCC 1242 • GC 3026 • H II 117, II 629 • h 1295 • GALEX ASC J122953.55 + 140407.6 • LDCE 904 NED148 | |
NGC 4474 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Haar der Berenike in the northern sky . It is an estimated 70 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 50,000 ly. The galaxy is listed as a member of the Virgo Galaxy Cluster under catalog number VVC 1242 .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4459 , NGC 4468 , IC 3432 , IC 3442 .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on April 8, 1784 .