NGC 4480
| Galaxy NGC 4480 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 30 m 26.8 s |
| declination | + 04 ° 14 ′ 48 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (s) c / Sy / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.20 × 1.1 |
| Position angle | 175 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster |
| Redshift | 0.008136 +/- 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | 2439 +/- 4 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(105 ± 8) · 10 6 ly (32.3 ± 2.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | February 2, 1786 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4480 • UGC 7647 • PGC 41317 • CGCG 042-139 • MCG + 01-32-087 • IRAS 12278 + 0431 • 2MASX J12302678 + 0414472 • VCC 1290 • GC 3032/3060 • H II 531 • h 1299 • | |
NGC 4480 is a bar-spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 105 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 75,000 ly. The galaxy is listed under catalog number VCC 1290 as a member of the Virgo galaxy cluster .
The galaxies NGC 4412 , NGC 4457 , NGC 4496 , NGC 4505 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on February 2, 1786 .