NGC 4564

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Galaxy
NGC 4564
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NGC 4564 [1] SDSS image
NGC 4564 SDSS Recording
AladinLite
Constellation Virgin
Position
equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 12 h 36 m 26,983.42 s
declination + 11 ° 26 ′ 21 ″
Appearance
Morphological type E6  
Brightness  (visual) 11.0 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 12.0 mag
Angular expansion 3.5 '× 1.5'
Position angle 47 °
Surface brightness 12.9 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation NGC 4486 group
LGG 289  
Redshift 0.003809 ± 0.000008  
Radial velocity 1142 ± 2 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0 		(49 ± 3)  x  10 6  ly
(14.9 ± 1.0)  Mpc 
history
discovery William Herschel
Discovery date March 15, 1784
Catalog names
NGC  4564 • UGC  7773 • PGC  42051 • CGCG  070-186 • MCG  + 02-32-150 • 2MASX  J12362699 + 1126215 • VCC  1664 • GC  3105 • H  II 68 • h  1356 • GALEX ASC J123627.01 + 112621.1 • LDCE 904 NED198 • VPC 1050 • EVCC 2180

NGC 4564 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E6 in the constellation Virgo north of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 49 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 50,000 light-years across. Listed as a member of the Virgo galaxy cluster under catalog number VVC 1664 . The galaxies NGC 4567 , NGC 4568 , IC 3542 , IC 3573 are located in the same area of ​​the sky .

The Type Ia supernova SN 1961H was observed here.

The object was discovered on March 15, 1784 by Wilhelm Herschel .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. ↑ a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. ↑ a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 4564
  4. ^ VizieR
  5. ↑ Simbad
  6. ↑ Seligman