NGC 4497
| Galaxy NGC 4497 |
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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 31 m 32.5 s |
| declination | + 11 ° 37 ′ 29 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (s) 0+: |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.9 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 65 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 289 |
| Redshift | 0.003486 +/- 0.000063 |
| Radial velocity | 1045 +/- 19 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(44 ± 3) x 10 6 ly (13.6 ± 1.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 15, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4497 • IC 3452 • UGC 7665 • PGC 41457 • CGCG 070-0145 • MCG + 02-32-113 • 2MASX J12313253 + 1137291 • VCC 1368 • GC 3046 • H III 42 • LDCE 0904 NED164 | |
NGC 4497 = IC 3452 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0-a in the constellation Virgo in the northern sky , which is an estimated 44 million light years away from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on March 15, 1784 by the astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .