NGC 4477
| Galaxy NGC 4477 |
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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 30 m 02.2 s |
| declination | + 13 ° 38 ′ 12 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) 0 :? / Sy2 |
| Brightness (visual) | 10.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 11.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.70 × 3.3 |
| Position angle | 9 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster Messier 87 group NGC 4639 group LGG 289 |
| Redshift | 0.004463 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 1338 ± 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(58 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (17.7 ± 1.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 8, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC NGC 4477 • UGC 07638 • PGC 041260 • CGCG 070-129 • MCG + 02-32-097 • IRAS 12275 + 1354 • 2MASX J12300217 + 1338111 • VCC 1253 • GC 3025 • H II 115 • NSA 161899 • LDCE 904 NED150 • EVCC 2137 | |
NGC 4477 is a lenticular galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 58 million light years from the Milky Way and about 60,000 light years across. It is listed as a member of the Virgo galaxy cluster under catalog number VCC 1253 and is also part of the Markarian chain .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4459 , NGC 4468 , NGC 4473 , NGC 4479 .
The object was discovered on April 8, 1784 by the German-British astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .
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