NGC 4608
Galaxy NGC 4608 |
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NGC 4608 SDSS image | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Virgin |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 12 h 41 m 13.286 s |
declination | + 10 ° 09 ′ 20.38 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | SB (r) 0 ^ 0 ^ |
Brightness (visual) | 11.0 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 12.0 mag |
Angular expansion | 3.3 ′ × 2.9 ′ |
Position angle | 120 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Affiliation | Virgo Galaxy Clusters |
Redshift | 0.006171 ± 0.000017 |
Radial velocity | 1850 ± 5 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(80 ± 6) · 10 6 ly (24.6 ± 1.7) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
Discovery date | March 15, 1784 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 4601 • UGC 7842 • PGC 42545 • CGCG 070-214 • MCG + 02-32-177 • VCC 1869 • GC 3144 • H II 69 • h 1383 • NVSS J124114 + 100927 • LDCE 904 NED221 • EVCC 2201 |
NGC 4608 is an 11 mag bright lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 80 million light years from the Milky Way and about 80,000 light years in diameter . Presumably it forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair together with NGC 4596 . She is listed as a member of the Virgo galaxy cluster under catalog number VCC 1869 .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 3633 , IC 3634 , IC 3638 , IC 3647 .
The object was discovered on March 15, 1784 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "pB pL R mbM r".
Web links
- NGC 4608th SIMBAD , accessed on 26 January 2019 (English).
- NGC 4608. DSO Browser, accessed January 26, 2015 .