NGC 4597
| Galaxy NGC 4597 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 40 m 12.9 s |
| declination | -05 ° 47 ′ 57 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (rs) m |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 4.1 'x 1.9' |
| Position angle | 34 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 4487 group NGC 4594 group LGG 293 |
| Redshift | 0.003466 ± 0.000007 |
| Radial velocity | (1039 ± 2) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(42 ± 3) x 10 6 ly (12.8 ± 0.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | February 22, 1787 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4597 • PGC 42429 • MCG -01-32-034 • IRAS 12376-0531 • 2MASX J12401293-0547574 • GC 3135 • H II 636 • HIPASS J1240-05a • NSA 141841 | |
NGC 4597 is a 12 mag bright bar spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 42 million light years from the Milky Way and about 25,000 light years across .
The galaxies NGC 4593 , NGC 4602 , NGC 4604 , IC 804 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on February 22nd, 1787 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "F, vL, bM".
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