NGC 4524

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Galaxy
NGC 4524
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NGC 4524 PanS.jpg
AladinLite
Constellation Crow
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 12 h 33 m 54.4 s
declination -12 ° 01 ′ 39 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SAB (r) bc / HII  
Brightness  (visual) 13.7 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.5 mag
Angular expansion 1.3 ′ × 0.8 ′
Position angle 80 °
Surface brightness 13.6 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.015901 ± 0.000120  
Radial velocity (4767 ± 36) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(207 ± 15)  ·  10 6  ly
(63.6 ± 4.5)  Mpc 
history
discovery John Herschel
Discovery date March 9, 1828
Catalog names
NGC  4524 • PGC  41757 • MCG  -02-32-014 • GC  3073 • h  1327 •

NGC 4524 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation Raven. It is an estimated 207 million light years from the Milky Way .

The object was discovered on March 9, 1828 by the astronomer John Herschel .

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 4524
  3. Seligman