NGC 4507
| Galaxy NGC 4507 |
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| Image of the galaxy NGC 4507 using the WFC2 of the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | centaur |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 35 m 36.6 s |
| declination | -39 ° 54 ′ 33 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (s) from / Sy1 / Sy2 |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.6 ′ × 1.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 56 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 298 |
| Redshift | 0.011801 ± 0.000030 |
| Radial velocity | (3538 ± 9) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(150 ± 10) x 10 6 ly (46.0 ± 3.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | June 5, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4507 • PGC 41960 • ESO 322-29 • MCG -07-26-011 • IRAS 12329-3938 • 2MASX J12353661-3954331 • SGC 123255-3938.0 • DCL 73 • New 2 • TOL 97 • LDCE 0916 NED033 | |
NGC 4507 is a bar-spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Centaur in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 150 million light years from the Milky Way and about 75,000 light years in diameter.
The galaxies NGC 4499 , NGC 4553 , NGC 4575 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on June 5, 1834 by the astronomer John Herschel with the help of his 18.7 inch reflector telescope.