NGC 4602
| Galaxy NGC 4602 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 40 m 36.8 s |
| declination | -05 ° 07 ′ 59 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (rs) bc Sy1.9 |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.4 '× 1.2' |
| Position angle | 99 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.008469 ± 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | 2539 ± 4 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(109 ± 8) · 10 6 ly (33.4 ± 2.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 17, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4602 • PGC 42476 • MCG -01-32-036 • IRAS 12380-0451 • 2MASX J12403684-0507588 • GC 3140 • H II 184 • h 1380 • LDCE 0910 NED002 | |
NGC 4602 is an 11.8 mag light barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation of Virgo , located about 109 million light years from the Milky Way.
It was discovered on April 17, 1784 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "not F, L, LE, LBM, r".