NGC 4653
| Galaxy NGC 4653 |
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![NGC 4653 with LEDA 1140869 (ro) [1] SDSS](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC4653_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 4653 with LEDA 1140869 (ro) SDSS | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 43 m 50.9 s |
| declination | -00 ° 33 ′ 40 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (rs) cd |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.1 ′ × 2.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 30 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.008776 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 2631 ± 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(114 ± 8) x 10 6 ly (34.9 ± 2.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 11, 1787 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4653 • UGC 7900 • PGC 42847 • CGCG 015-009 • MCG + 00-33-006 • IRAS 12412-0017 • 2MASX J12435092-0033406 • GC 3186 • H III 662 • HIPASS J1243-00 • LDCE 0913 NED002 • EVCC 1104 | |
NGC 4653 is a 12.1 likes bright barred spiral galaxy of Hubble type SBc in the constellation Virgo to the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 114 million light years from the Milky Way and about 110,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4632 , NGC 4642 , NGC 4666 , NGC 4668 .
The supernovae SN 1999gk (Type II) and SN 2009ik ( Type Ia ) were observed here.
The object was discovered on April 11, 1787 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "vF, pL".