NGC 4499
| Galaxy NGC 4499 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | centaur |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 32 m 04.9 s |
| declination | -39 ° 58 ′ 57 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (rs) bc? |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2 ′ × 1.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 93 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.012439 ± 0.000140 |
| Radial velocity | (3729 ± 42) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(159 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (48.6 ± 3.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | June 5, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4499 • PGC 41537 • ESO 322-G022 • MCG -07-26-008 • 2MASX J12320494-3958568 • SGC 122924-3942.4 • LDCE 916 NED029 | |
NGC 4499 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation Centaur in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 159 million light years from the Milky Way and about 85,000 light years in diameter.
The galaxy NGC 4507 is located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on June 5, 1834 .