NGC 4514
| Galaxy NGC 4514 |
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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 43.0 s |
| declination | + 29 ° 42 ′ 45 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sbc / Sbrst |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 '× 1.1' |
| Position angle | 51 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.026982 ± 0.000027 |
| Radial velocity | 8089 ± 8 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(362 ± 25) x 10 6 ly (110.9 ± 7.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 13, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4514 • UGC 7693 • PGC 41610 • CGCG 159-011 • MCG + 05-30-015 • IRAS F12302 + 2959 • 2MASX J12324296 + 2942441 • GC 3063 • H III 302 • h 1320 • KISSR 74 | |
NGC 4514 is a spiral galaxy with a high rate of star formation of the Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Coma Berenices in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 362 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 130,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 4495 , NGC 4525 , IC 3441 , IC 3451 .
The object was discovered by William Herschel on March 13, 1785 .