NGC 4619
| Galaxy NGC 4619 |
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| SDSS | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hunting dogs |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 41 m 44.5 s |
| declination | + 35 ° 03 ′ 46 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (r) b / pec? / Sy1 |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.5 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 x 1.3 |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.023106 ± 0.000037 |
| Radial velocity | 6927 ± 11 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(311 ± 22) x 10 6 ly (95.3 ± 6.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | May 1, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4619 • UGC 7856 • PGC 42594 • CGCG 188-014 • MCG + 06-28-018 • IRAS 12393 + 3520 • 2MASX J12414453 + 3503463 • GC 3154 • H II 411 • h 1388 • GALEX ASC J124144.47 + 350345.8 • NVSS J124144 + 350349 | |
NGC 4619 is a 12.7 likes bright barred spiral galaxy with an active galactic nucleus from Hubble type SBb / P in the constellation Canes Venatici on the northern sky . It is an estimated 311 million light years away from the Milky Way , about 120,000 light years in diameter.
In 2006 the Ia supernova SN 2006ac was observed here.
The object was discovered on May 1, 1785 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "pB, pL, R, lbM, 2 'Np pretty bright star".