NGC 4606
| Galaxy NGC 4604 |
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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 57.5 s |
| declination | + 11 ° 54 ′ 43 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) a: / Sy / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.3 '× 1.7' |
| Position angle | 33 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster |
| Redshift | 0.005470 (+/- 0.000003) |
| Radial velocity | 1640 ± 1 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(71 ± 5) · 10 6 ly (21.8 ± 1.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 15, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4606 • UGC 7839 • PGC 42516 • CGCG 070-213 • MCG + 02-32-174 • IRAS 12384 + 1211 • 2MASX J12405755 + 1154438 • GC 3143 • H III 43 • h 1382 • LDCE 904 NED219 | |
NGC 4606 is a bar-spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type SBa in the constellation Virgo north of the ecliptic . It is an estimated 71 million light years away from the Milky Way , has a diameter of about 70,000 ly and is listed under catalog number VVC 1859 as part of the Virgo galaxy cluster .
The galaxies NGC 4407 , IC 809 , IC 3624 , IC 3670 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on March 15, 1784 by William Herschel .