NGC 4506
| Galaxy NGC 4506 |
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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 10.5 s |
| declination | + 13 ° 25 ′ 11 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sa pec? / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.60 × 1.1 |
| Position angle | 110 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster LGG 292 |
| Redshift | 0.002458 +/- 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 737 +/- 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(31 ± 2) · 10 6 ly (9.42 ± 0.67) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | January 14, 1787 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4506 • UGC 7682 • PGC 41546 • CGCG 070-152 • MCG + 02-32-120 • 2MASX J12321048 + 1325107 • VCC 1419 • GC 3056 • H II 631 • h 1316 • LDCE 904 NED170 | |
NGC 4506 is a spiral galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type Sa in the constellation Coma Berenices in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 31 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 20,000 ly. The galaxy is listed as a member of the Virgo Galaxy Cluster under the catalog name VCC 1419 .
The galaxies NGC 4477 , NGC 4479 , IC 3501 , IC 3520 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by William Herschel on January 14, 1787 .