NGC 4613
| Galaxy NGC 4613 |
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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 28.9 s |
| declination | + 26 ° 05 ′ 19 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sat |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.5 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.016528 +/- 0.000057 |
| Radial velocity | 4955 +/- 17 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(221 ± 16) x 10 6 ly (67.9 ± 4.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich Louis d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | May 9, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4613 • UGC 7852 NOTES01 • PGC 42570 • CGCG 129-016 • MCG + 04-30-011 • KUG 1239 + 263A • 2MASX J12412891 + 2605184 • Mrk 780 • USGC U499 NED03 • LEDA 42570 | |
NGC 4613 is a 15.2 mag bright spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sa in the constellation Haar der Berenike in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 221 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 30,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 4614 , NGC 4615 , IC 3644 , IC 3646 .
The object was discovered on May 9, 1864 by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest .
Web links
- NGC 4613. SIMBAD, accessed January 26, 2015 .
- NGC 4613. DSO Browser, accessed January 26, 2015 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 4613. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed January 26, 2015 .