NGC 4584

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Galaxy
NGC 4584
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NGC 4584 [1] SDSS image
NGC 4584 SDSS Recording
AladinLite
Constellation Virgin
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 12 h 38 m 17.73 s
declination + 13 ° 06 ′ 35.64 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SAB (s) a? / HII  
Brightness  (visual) 12.8 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.7 mag
Angular expansion 1.4 '× 1.0'
Position angle 5 °
Surface brightness 13.0 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation Virgo cluster
NGC 4461 group
LGG 286  
Redshift 0.005934 ± 0.000027  
Radial velocity 1779 ± 8 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(77 ± 6)  ·  10 6  ly
(23.7 ± 1.7)  Mpc 
history
discovery Heinrich d'Arrest
Discovery date April 21, 1862
Catalog names
NGC  4584 • UGC  7803 • PGC  42223 • CGCG  070-199 • MCG  + 02-32-162 • 2MASX  J12381783 + 1306360 • VCC  1757 • GC  3124 • WISEA J123817.89 + 130636.1 • LDCE 0904 NED208 • NSA 162154 • EVCC 979

NGC 4584 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBa with extensive star formation regions in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 77 million light years from the Milky Way and about 35,000 light years in diameter. Together with eight other galaxies, it is part of the NGC 4461 group ( LGG 286 ) and under catalog number VCC 1757 it is listed as a member of the Virgo galaxy cluster .

In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4569 , IC 3583 , IC 3611 , IC 3631 .

The object was on 21 April 1862 by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest discovered

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 4584
  4. ^ VizieR
  5. Seligman