NGC 4583

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Galaxy
NGC 4583
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Hunting dogs
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 12 h 38 m 04.5 s
declination + 33 ° 27 ′ 32 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0 / a / Sy2 / LINER  
Brightness  (visual) 13.6 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.5 mag
Angular expansion 1.10 × 0.9
Position angle 91 °
Surface brightness 13.4 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.023083 ± 0.000080  
Radial velocity (6920 ± 24) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(310 ± 22)  x  10 6  ly
(95.1 ± 6.7)  Mpc 
history
discovery William Herschel
Discovery date January 2, 1786
Catalog names
NGC  4583 • PGC  42198 • CGCG  188-011 • MCG  + 06-28-017 • 2MASX  J12380454 + 3327323 • GC  3123 • H  III 495 • h  1370 • GALEX ASC J123804.65 + 332734.3 • NSA 89828

NGC 4583 is a lens-shaped galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Hounds in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 310 million light years from the Milky Way and about 100,000 light years across.

The object was discovered by William Herschel on January 2, 1786 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 4583
  3. Seligman