NGC 4604
| Galaxy NGC 46024 |
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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 45.0 s |
| declination | -05 ° 18 ′ 10 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | In: sp |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 114 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.008866 ± 0.000020 |
| Radial velocity | 2658 ± 6 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(114 ± 8) x 10 6 ly (35.0 ± 2.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Christian Heinrich Friedrich Peters |
| Discovery date | 1883 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4604 • PGC 42489 • MCG -01-32-037 • IRAS 12381-0501 • 2MASX J12404493-0518091 • | |
NGC 4604 is a 13.8 likes bright irregular galaxy of Hubble type in the constellation of Virgo , which is about 114 million light-years from the Milky Way's center.
The object was discovered by Christian Peters in 1883 .
Web links
- NGC 4604. SIMBAD, accessed January 25, 2015 .
- NGC 4604. DSO Browser, accessed January 25, 2015 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 4604. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed January 26, 2015 .