NGC 4502
| Galaxy NGC 4502 |
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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 32 m 03.3 s |
| declination | + 16 ° 41 ′ 16 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Scd / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 40 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 289 |
| Redshift | 0.005424 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 1626 ± 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(71 ± 5) · 10 6 ly (21.8 ± 1.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 21, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4502 • UGC 7677 • PGC 41531 • CGCG 099-078 • MCG + 03-32-60 • 2MASX J12320335 + 1641157 • VCC 1410 • GC 3053 • H II 92 • h 1314 • KUG 1229 + 169 | |
NGC 4502 is a spiral galaxy with a high star formation rate of the Hubble type Scd in the constellation Haar der Berenike. It is an estimated 71 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on March 21, 1784 by the astronomer William Herschel using his 18.7-inch mirror telescope.