NGC 4495
| Galaxy NGC 4495 |
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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 31 m 22.7 s |
| declination | + 29 ° 08 ′ 12 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sab / LINER / pec? |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.40 × 0.8 |
| Position angle | 130 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.015177 +/- 0.000020 |
| Radial velocity | 4550 +/- 6 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(204 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (62.4 ± 4.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 13, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4495 • UGC 7663 • PGC 41438 • CGCG 159-009 • MCG + 05-30-012 • IRAS 12289 + 2924 • 2MASX J12312290 + 2908109 • GC 3044 • H III 301 • h 1310 • NVSS J123122 + 290811 | |
NGC 4495 is a spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type Sab in the constellation Haar der Berenice in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 204 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 85,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 4514 , IC 3402 , IC 3441 , IC 3451 .
The supernovae SN 1994S , SN 2010lo and SN 2011ca were observed here.
The object was discovered by William Herschel on March 13, 1785 .