NGC 4493
Galaxy NGC 4493 |
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NGC 4493 with LEDA 1170468 (lu) SDSS image | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Virgin |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 12 h 31 m 08.371 s |
declination | + 00 ° 36 ′ 49.33 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | SA? 0- / pec |
Brightness (visual) | 14.1 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag |
Angular expansion | 1 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
Position angle | 164 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.9 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.023159 ± 0.000093 |
Radial velocity | 6943 ± 28 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(306 ± 22) x 10 6 ly (93.9 ± 6.6) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Albert Marth |
Discovery date | March 22, 1865 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 4493 • PGC 41409 • CGCG 014-056 • MCG + 00-32-17 • 2MASX J12310835 + 0036496 • GALEX ASC J123108.49 + 003649.7 • NSA 141556 • WISEA J123108.36 + 003649.3 |
NGC 4493 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E2 in the constellation Virgo the northern sky . It is estimated to be 306 million light years from the Milky Way and about 90,000 light years in diameter . Together with PGC 1170468 ( NGC 4493-2 ) it forms a tight gravitationally bound galaxy pair .
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 4437 .
The object was discovered on March 22, 1865 by the astronomer Albert Marth .