NGC 4660
| Galaxy NGC 4660 |
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| Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 44 m 32.0 s |
| declination | + 11 ° 11 ′ 26 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E5 |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.1 ′ × 1.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 100 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo-Cluster Messier 49 -group NGC 4636 -group NGC 4343 -group LGG 292 |
| Redshift | 0.003612 ± 0.000014 |
| Radial velocity | 1083 ± 4 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(46 ± 3) x 10 6 ly (14.2 ± 1.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 15, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4660 • UGC 7914 • PGC 42917 • CGCG 071-023 • MCG + 02-33-006 • 2MASX J12443197 + 1111259 • VCC 2000 • GC 3193 • H II 71 • h 1417 • GALEX ASC J124432.03 + 111125.3 • LDCE 904 NED241 • EVCC 2216 | |
NGC 4660 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E2 in the constellation Virgo to the ecliptic . It is an estimated 46 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 30,000 light years in diameter. It is listed as a member of the Virgo galaxy cluster under catalog number VVC 2000 .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 3698 , IC 3701 , IC 3711 , IC 3743 .
The object was discovered on March 15, 1784 by the German-British astronomer Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel .
Web links
Commons : NGC 4660 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
- Hubble Space Telescope
- NGC 4660. SIMBAD , accessed January 30, 2015 .
- NGC 4660. DSO Browser, accessed January 30, 2015 .