NGC 4596
| Galaxy NGC 4596 |
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![NGC 4596 [1] SDSS](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC4596_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 4596 SDSS | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 39 m 55.946 s |
| declination | + 10 ° 10 ′ 34.10 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (r) 0+ / LINER : |
| Brightness (visual) | 10.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 11.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 4 ′ × 3 ′ |
| Position angle | 135 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster |
| Redshift | 0.006311 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 1892 ± 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(82 ± 6) · 10 6 ly (25.2 ± 1.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 15, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4596 • UGC 7828 • PGC 42401 • CGCG 070-206 • MCG + 02-32-170 • IRAS F12373 + 1027 • 2MASX J12395593 + 1010337 • VCC 1813 • GC 3134 • H I 24 • h 1378 • GALEX MSC J123956.00 +101034.5 • LDCE 904 NED214 • EVCC 1012 | |
NGC 4596 is a 10.4 mag bright lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 / a in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 82 million light-years away from the Milky Way and about 100,000 light-years in diameter . Presumably it forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair together with NGC 4608 . She is listed as a member of the Virgo galaxy cluster under catalog number VCC 1813 .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 3607 , IC 3633 , IC 3634 , IC 3638 .
The object was discovered on March 15, 1784 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as “vB pL r near two bright stars”.