NGC 4593
| Galaxy NGC 4593 |
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| Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 39 m 39.4 s |
| declination | -05 ° 20 ′ 39 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R) SB (rs) b / Sy1 |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 11.9 likes |
| Angular expansion | 3.9 ′ × 2.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 114 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.009000 ± 0.000127 |
| Radial velocity | 2698 ± 38 km / s |
| Absolute brightness | 35.6 mag |
| Dimensions | 2.5 M ☉ |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 17, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4593 • PGC 42375 • MCG -01-32-032 • IRAS 12370-0504 • 2MASX J12393949-0520391 • Mrk 1330 • GC 3131 • H II 183 • h 1375 • GALEX ASC J123939.51-052038.3 • LDCE 910 NED001 | |
NGC 4593 is a bar-spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 109 million light years from the Milky Way and about 30,000 light years in diameter.
The galaxies NGC 4597 , NGC 4602 , NGC 4604 , IC 804 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on April 17, 1784 by William Herschel with his 18.7-inch reflecting telescope .
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