NGC 4626
| Galaxy NGC 4626 |
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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 42 m 25.3 s |
| declination | -07 ° 02 ′ 39 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) bc: / edge-on |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 x 0.5 |
| Position angle | 39 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 2896 +/- 34 |
| Radial velocity | 0.009660 +/- 0.000113 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(125 ± 9) x 10 6 ly (38.2 ± 2.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 20, 1789 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4626 • PGC 42680 • MCG -01-32-040 • IRAS 12398-0646 • 2MASX J12422507-0702456 • GC 3161 • H II 772 • h 1393/3410 • LDCE 0910 NED005 • HOLM 441B | |
NGC 4626 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Virgo to the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 125 million light years from the Milky Way and about 55,000 ly in diameter.
The type 2 supernova SN 2012cr has been observed in this galaxy .
The object was discovered by William Herschel on March 20, 1789 .