NGC 4611
| Galaxy NGC 4611 / IC 805 |
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| SDSS | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Berenike's hair |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 41 m 25.4 s |
| declination | + 13 ° 43 ′ 46 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SABc |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 0.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 126 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster |
| Redshift | 0.020421 ± 0.000023 |
| Radial velocity | 6122 ± 7 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(272 ± 19) · 10 6 ly (83.3 ± 5.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | May 17, 1881 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4611 • IC 805 • UGC 7849 • PGC 42564 • CGCG 070-218 • MCG + 02-32-179 • IRAS F12389 + 1400 • 2MASX J12412541 + 1343458 • VCC 1878 • | |
NGC 4611 = IC 805 is a 14.3 mag bright bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble-type SABc in the constellation of Berenike's hair in the northern sky . It is an estimated 272 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 50,000 ly. The galaxy is listed under catalog number VVC 1878 as part of the Virgo galaxy cluster .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4634 , NGC 4639 , IC 3613 , IC 3629 .
The object was officially discovered twice; on May 17, 1881 by Édouard Stephan (discovery listed as NGC 4611) and on April 20, 1889 by Lewis A. Swift (listed as IC 805).
Web links
- NGC 4611. SIMBAD , accessed January 26, 2015 .
- NGC 4611. DSO Browser, accessed January 26, 2015 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 4611. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed January 26, 2015 .