NGC 4516
| Galaxy NGC 4516 |
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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 33 m 07.5 s |
| declination | + 16 ° 15 ′ 56 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (rs) off? |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.8 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 0 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster NGC 4343 group NGC 4636 group Messier 49 group LGG 292 |
| Redshift | 0.003059 ± 0.000030 |
| Radial velocity | 917 ± 9 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(39 ± 3) x 10 6 ly (12.0 ± 0.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 8, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4516 • UGC 7703 • PGC 41661 • CGCG 099-087 • MCG + 03-32-67 • 2MASX J12330756 + 1434297 • VCC 1479 • GC 3065 • H III 78 • h 1323 • LDCE 0904 NED175 | |
NGC 4516 is a spiral dwarf galaxy of the Hubble type SBab in the constellation Haar der Berenike in the northern sky . It is an estimated 39 million light years from the Milky Way and about 20,000 light years across. The galaxy is listed as part of the Virgo Galaxy Cluster under catalog number VVC 1479 .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4501 , IC 3453 , IC 3476 , IC 3478 .
The object was discovered on April 8, 1784 by the astronomer William Herschel using his 18.7-inch mirror telescope.
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