NGC 4534
| Galaxy NGC 4534 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hunting dogs |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 34 m 05.4 s |
| declination | + 35 ° 31 ′ 06 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (s) dm: |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.0 likes |
| Angular expansion | 2.6 ′ × 2.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 107 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.002675 ± 0.000003 |
| Radial velocity | (802 ± 1) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(37 ± 3) x 10 6 ly (11.3 ± 0.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | May 1, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4534 • UGC 7723 • PGC 41779 • CGCG 188-008 • MCG + 06-28-010 • IRAS F12316 + 3547 • KUG 1231 + 357 • 2MASX i J1234054 + 353108 • GC 3083 • H II 410 • h 1336 • KARA 536 | |
NGC 4534 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type SD in the constellation Canes Venatici the northern sky . It is estimated to be 37 million light years from the Milky Way and about 30,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered on May 1, 1785 by the astronomer William Herschel using his 18.7 inch reflector telescope.