NGC 4600
| Galaxy NGC 4600 |
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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 22.9 s |
| declination | + 03 ° 07 ′ 04 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′, 2 × 0 ′, 8 |
| Position angle | 60 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.002842 ± 0.000113 |
| Radial velocity | 852 ± 34 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(35 ± 3) x 10 6 ly (10.6 ± 0.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 30, 1786 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4600 • UGC 7832 • PGC 42447 • CGCG 042-198 • MCG + 01-32-128 • 2MASX J12402299 + 0307036 • VCC 1834 • GC 3138 • H II 577 • h 1379 • LDCE 904 NED217 | |
NGC 4600 is a 12.6 likes bright lenticular dwarf galaxy from the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Virgo north of the ecliptic . It is an estimated 35 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 15,000 ly. The galaxy is listed as a member of the Virgo Galaxy Cluster under catalog number VVC 1939 .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4587 and NGC 4636 .
The object was discovered on April 30, 1786 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope , which it calls "FS making a triangle with 2Bst." (Abbreviated for "faint, small, making a triangle with two bright stars" , in German "matt, small, forms a triangle together with two stars (( HD 110210 & HD 110222 ))").
Web links
- NGC 4600. SIMBAD, accessed January 24, 2015 .
- NGC 4600. DSO Browser, accessed January 24, 2015 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 4600. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed January 24, 2015 .