NGC 4607
| Galaxy NGC 4607 |
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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 41 m 12.4 s |
| declination | + 11 ° 53 ′ 12 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SBb |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.0 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.9 'x 0.7' |
| Position angle | 2 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster |
| Redshift | 0.007572 ± 0.000008 |
| Radial velocity | 2270 ± 2 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(99 ± 7) · 10 6 ly (30.4 ± 2.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | RJ Mitchell |
| Discovery date | April 24, 1854 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4607 • UGC 7843 • PGC 42544 • CGCG 070-216 • MCG + 02-32-176 • IRAS 12386 + 1209 • 2MASX J12411240 + 1153118 • LDCE 904 NED220 | |
NGC 4607 is a 13 mag bright barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type "SBb" in the constellation Virgo north of the ecliptic . It is an estimated 99 million light years away from the Milky Way , has a diameter of about 85,000 ly and is listed under catalog number VVC 1868 as part of the Virgo Galaxy Cluster.
The galaxies NGC 4606 , NGC 4621 , IC 809 , IC 3670 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on April 24, 1854 by the Irish astronomer RJ Mitchell , an assistant to William Parsons .
Web links
- NGC 4607. SIMBAD, accessed January 24, 2015 .
- NGC 4607. DSO Browser, accessed January 24, 2015 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 4607. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed January 26, 2015 .