NGC 4605
| Galaxy NGC 4605 |
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| The galaxy NGC 4605 imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big Bear |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 39 m 59.4 s |
| declination | + 61 ° 36 ′ 33 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) c pec / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 10.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 10.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 5.9 ′ × 2.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 125 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | M81 group |
| Redshift | 0.000454 ± 0.000010 |
| Radial velocity | 136 ± 3 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(11 ± 1) x 10 6 ly (3.37 ± 0.25) Mpc |
| diameter | 20,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 19, 1790 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4605 • UGC 7831 • PGC 42408 • CGCG 293-031 • MCG + 10-18-074 • IRAS 12378 + 6152 • 2MASX J12395938 + 6136330 • GC 3142 • H I 254 • h 1381 • LDCE 0842 NED008 | |
NGC 4605 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc / P in the constellation Great Bear . The dwarf galaxy is about 11 million light years away from the Milky Way and belongs to the M81 group , one of the closest galaxy groups to us .
It was discovered on March 19, 1790 by the German-British astronomer Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel .
The galaxy NGC 4605 imaged in the ultraviolet by GALEX
Web links
Commons : NGC 4605 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
- NGC 4605. SIMBAD, accessed January 24, 2015 .
- NGC 4605. DSO Browser, accessed January 24, 2015 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 4605. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed January 24, 2015 .