NGC 4614
| Galaxy NGC 4614 |
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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 31.5 s |
| declination | + 26 ° 02 ′ 34 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB0-a |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 175 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.016068 +/- 0.000073 |
| Radial velocity | 4817 +/- 22 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(215 ± 15) x 10 6 ly (66.0 ± 4.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich Louis d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | May 9, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4614 • UGC 7851 • PGC 42573 • CGCG 129-015 • MCG + 04-30-012 • 2MASX J12413143 + 2602333 • GC 5666 • LDCE 911 NED002 • LEDA 42573 | |
NGC 4614 is a 13.4 mag bright lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type "SB0-a" in the constellation of the Berenike Hair in the northern sky. It is an estimated 215 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 55,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 4613 , NGC 4615 , IC 3644 , IC 3646 .
The object was discovered on May 9, 1864 by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest .
Web links
- NGC 4614. SIMBAD, accessed January 26, 2015 .
- NGC 4614. DSO Browser, accessed January 26, 2015 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 4614. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed January 26, 2015 .