NGC 4659

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Galaxy
NGC 4659
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Berenike's hair
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 12 h 44 m 29.4 s
declination + 13 ° 29 ′ 55 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0a  
Brightness  (visual) 12.2 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.1 mag
Angular expansion 1.8 ′ × 1.3 ′
Position angle 173 °
Surface brightness 13.0 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.001600 ± 0.000063  
Radial velocity 480 ± 19 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(20 ± 2)  x  10 6  ly
(6.00 ± 0.49)  Mpc 
history
discovery Wilhelm Herschel
Discovery date April 12, 1784
Catalog names
NGC  4659 • UGC  7915 • PGC  42913 • CGCG  071-024 • MCG  + 02-33-007 • VCC  1999 • GC  3192 • H  II 127 • h  1416 • GALEX ASC J124429.40 + 132955.3 • LDCE 904 NED240 • EVCC 1123

NGC 4659 is a lenticular dwarf galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Haar der Berenike. It is estimated to be 20 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 15,000 light years in diameter. It is listed as a member of the Virgo galaxy cluster under catalog number VVC 1999 .

In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4639 , NGC 4654 , IC 3735 , IC 3742 .

The object was discovered on April 12, 1784 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, which it labeled “F. vS. R. lbM. r. ”described.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 4659
  3. Seligman
  4. Auke Slotegraaf : NGC 4659. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on January 30, 2015 (English).