NGC 4663
| Galaxy NGC 4663 |
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| SDSS | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 44 m 47.0 s |
| declination | -10 ° 11 ′ 52 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) 0 ^ 0 ^? |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 170 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.008029 ± 0.000110 |
| Radial velocity | 2407 ± 33 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(102 ± 7) · 10 6 ly (31.4 ± 2.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Ernst W. Tempel |
| Discovery date | 1882 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4663 • IC 811 • PGC 42946 • MCG -02-33-002 • 2MASX J12444706-1011522 • GALEXASC J124447.08-101152.2 • LDCE 0915 NED002 | |
NGC 4663 (= IC 811 ) is a 13.5 mag bright lens-shaped galaxy of the Hubble-type SB0 in Virgo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 102 million light years from the Milky Way and about 35,000 light years across .
The galaxies NGC 4658 and NGC 4682 are located in the same area of the sky .
She was spotted twice; in 1882 by the German astronomer Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel (listed as NGC 4663 ) and on May 13, 1888 by Guillaume Bigourdan (listed as IC 811 ).
Web links
- NGC 4663. SIMBAD , accessed January 30, 2015 .
- NGC 4663. DSO Browser, accessed January 30, 2015 .
- Auke Slotegraaf : NGC 4663. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed January 30, 2015 .