NGC 4620
| Galaxy NGC 4620 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 41 m 59.3 s |
| declination | + 12 ° 56 ′ 34 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.8 x 1.5 |
| Position angle | 40 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster Messier 87 group NGC 4639 group NGC 4472 group LGG 292 |
| Redshift | 0.003805 ± 0.000078 |
| Radial velocity | 1141 ± 23 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(49 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (15.0 ± 1.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 29, 1830 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4620 • UGC 7859 • PGC 42619 • CGCG 070-224 • MCG + 02-32-182 • 2MASX J12415932 + 1256346 • VCC 1902 • GC 3153 • h 1387 • GALEX ASC J124159.41 + 125631.9 • LDCE 904 NED224 • EVCC 1055 | |
NGC 4620 is a 12.2 mag bright lenticular galaxy of the Hubble-type S0 constellation Virgo north of the ecliptic . It is an estimated 49 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 25,000 light years in diameter. It is listed as a member of the Virgo galaxy cluster under catalog number VCC 1902 .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4639 , NGC 4654 , IC 3631 , IC 3643 .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on March 29, 1830 .
Web links
- NGC 4620. SIMBAD , accessed January 26, 2015 .
- NGC 4620. DSO Browser, accessed January 26, 2015 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 4620. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on January 26, 2015 (English).