NGC 4601
| Galaxy NGC 4601 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | centaur |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 40 m 46.7 s |
| declination | -40 ° 53 ′ 35 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA: (r) 0 / a |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.7 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 16 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Centaurus group IC 3370 group LGG 298 |
| Redshift | 0.010694 ± 0.000350 |
| Radial velocity | 3206 ± 105 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(135 ± 10) · 10 6 ly (41.5 ± 3.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | June 8, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4601 • PGC 42492 • ESO 322-050 • MCG -07-26-026 • 2MASX J12404671-4053350 • SGC 123803-4037.1 • GC 3139 • h 3405 • LDCE 0916 NED049 | |
NGC 4601 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 / a in the constellation Centaur in the southern sky . It is an estimated 135 million light years from the Milky Way and about 70,000 light years across.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4603 , NGC 4616 , NGC 4622 , NGC 4650 .
The object was discovered on June 8, 1834 by John Herschel with an 18-inch reflecting telescope , who said it was "extremely faint, large, round, pretty suddenly a little brighter in the middle. The first of two “(the second galaxy is NGC 4603 ).
Web links
- NGC 4601. SIMBAD , accessed on 24 January 2015 (English).
- NGC 4601. DSO Browser, accessed January 24, 2015 .