NGC 4671
| Galaxy NGC 4671 |
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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 45 m 47.6 s |
| declination | -07 ° 04 ′ 11 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E + / pec: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.0 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 141 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.009747 ± 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 2922 ± 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(126 ± 9) · 10 6 ly (38.6 ± 2.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 20, 1789 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4671 • PGC 43029 • MCG -01-33-004 • 2MASX J12454763-0704111 • Mrk 1334 • GC 1423 • H II 774 • h 1423 • GALEX ASC J124547.62-070410.1 • LDCE 0910 NED006 | |
NGC 4671 is a 13.0 mag bright elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type "E2" in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 126 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 50,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 4626 and NGC 4628 , among others .
The object was discovered on March 20, 1789 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "pB, S, iR, mbM".