NGC 4489
| Galaxy NGC 4489 |
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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 52.2 s |
| declination | + 16 ° 45 ′ 32 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E1 |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.70 × 1.6 |
| Position angle | 165 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster |
| Redshift | 0.003206 +/- 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 961 +/- 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(41 ± 3) · 10 6 ly (12.6 ± 0.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 21, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4489 • UGC 7655 • PGC 41365 • CGCG 099-073 • MCG + 03-32-054 • 2MASX J12305224 + 1645313 • VCC 1321 • GC 3038 • H II 91 • h 1303 • LDCE 904 NED159 | |
NGC 4489 is an elliptical dwarf galaxy of the Hubble type E1 in the constellation Coma Berenices in the northern sky . It is an estimated 41 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 20,000 ly. The galaxy is listed as a member of the Virgo Galaxy Cluster under catalog number VCC 1321 .
The galaxies NGC 4498 , NGC 4502 , IC 796 , IC 3448 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on March 21, 1784 .
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