NGC 4488
| Galaxy NGC 4488 |
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| NGC 4488 & LEDA 1345773 (top right) | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 30 m 51.4 s |
| declination | + 08 ° 21 ′ 36 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) 0 / a / pec: |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.0 likes |
| Angular expansion | 4.1 'x 1.7' |
| Position angle | 176 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster |
| Redshift | 0.003242 +/- 0.000027 |
| Radial velocity | 972 +/- 8 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(40 ± 3) x 10 6 ly (12.4 ± 0.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | December 28, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4488 • UGC 7653 • PGC 41363 • CGCG 070-137 • MCG + 02-32-104 • 2MASX J12305139 + 0821364 • VCC 1318 • GC 3037 • H III 484 • h 1302 • LEDA 41363 • LDCE 904 NED158 | |
NGC 4488 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 / a in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 40 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 50,000 ly. It is listed as a member of the Virgo Galaxy Cluster under catalog number VCC 1318 .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4464 , NGC 4465 , NGC 4472 , NGC 4492 .
The object was discovered on December 28, 1785 by the German-British astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .