NGC 4479
Galaxy NGC 4479 |
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SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Berenike's hair |
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 |
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.