NGC 4532
| Galaxy NGC 4532 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 34 m 19.3 s |
| declination | + 06 ° 28 ′ 04 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | IBm / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.7 '× 1.2' |
| Position angle | 163 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.006711 +/- 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | 2012 +/- 4 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(87 ± 6) · 10 6 ly (26.6 ± 1.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 13, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4532 • UGC 7726 • PGC 41811 • CGCG 042-158 • MCG + 01-32-103 • IRAS 12317 + 0644 • 2MASX J12341932 + 0628037 • VCC 1554 • GC 3082 • H II 147 • h 1334 • LEDA 41811 • LDCE 904 NED184 | |
NGC 4532 is an irregular galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type IBm in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 87 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a disk diameter of around 70,000 ly. It is listed as a member of the Virgo Galaxy Cluster under catalog number VCC 1554 .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4543 , IC 3521 , IC 3576 , IC 3591 .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on April 13, 1784 .