NGC 4479
| Galaxy NGC 4479 |
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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 18.4 s |
| declination | + 13 ° 34 ′ 40 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) 0 ^ 0 ^ :? |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.5 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.6 ′ × 1.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 24 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 292 |
| Redshift | 0.002922 +/- 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 876 +/- 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(37 ± 3) x 10 6 ly (11.3 ± 0.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 8, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4479 • UGC 7646 • PGC 41302 • CGCG 070-134 • MCG + 02-32-100 • 2MASX J12301743 + 1219428 • VCC 1283 • GC 3029 • H II 116 • LDCE 0904 NED153 | |
NGC 4479 is a lenticular galaxy of Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Coma Berenices the northern sky , the 37 million light-years from an estimated Milky Way is removed. The galaxy is part of the Virgo Galaxy Cluster .
The object was discovered on April 8, 1784 by the astronomer William Herschel using his 18.7 inch mirror telescope.