NGC 4598
| Galaxy NGC 4598 |
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| SDSS | |
| 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 s |
| declination | + 08 ° 23 ′ 01 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 114 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster LGG 296 |
| Redshift | 0.006541 ± 0.000077 |
| Radial velocity | 1961 ± 23 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(85 ± 6) · 10 6 ly (26 ± 1.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 15, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4598 • UGC 7829 • PGC 42427 • CGCG 70-207 • MCG + 02-32-171 • 2MASX J12401194 + 0823014 • VCC 1827 • GC 3136 • H III-105 • GALEX ASC J124011.96 + 082302.9 • LDCE 904 NED216 • EVCC 1020 | |
NGC 4598 is a 12.6 likes bright lenticular galaxy of Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Virgo to the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 85 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 40,000 light-years across . She is listed as a member of the Virgo galaxy cluster under catalog number VCC 1827 .
The galaxies NGC 4623 , IC 3617 , IC 3666 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on April 15, 1784 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as extremely faint, very large and somewhat brighter towards the center ("eF. VL. LbM." Extremely faint, very large, a little brighter in the middle ).