NGC 4541
| Galaxy NGC 4541 |
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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 35 m 10.6 s |
| declination | -00 ° 13 ′ 16 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SAB (r) bc: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.9 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.6 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 91 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.022966 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 6885 ± 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(304 ± 21) · 10 6 ly (93.1 ± 6.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | January 1, 1786 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4541 • UGC 7749 • PGC 41911 • CGCG 014-071 • MCG + 00-32-24 • IRAS 12326 + 0003 • GC 3090 • H III 493 • h 1342 • NVSS J123510-001316 | |
NGC 4541 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 304 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 145,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 4437 .
The supernova SN 2007gq was observed here.
The object was discovered on January 1, 1786 by the astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .