NGC 4674
| Galaxy NGC 4674 |
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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 46 m 03.5 s |
| declination | -08 ° 39 ′ 20 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (s) a |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.6 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 119 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.005023 +/- 0.000123 |
| Radial velocity | 1506 +/- 37 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(62 ± 5) · 10 6 ly (19.1 ± 1.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | May 5, 1836 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4674 • PGC 43050 • MCG -01-33-005 • IRAS F12434-0822 • 2MASX J12460347-0839196 • GC 3205 • h 3417 • LDCE 904 NED245 | |
NGC 4674 is a 13.2 likes bright barred spiral galaxy of Hubble type SBa in the constellation Virgo north of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 62 million light years from the Milky Way and about 30,000 light years in diameter .
The galaxies NGC 4699 , NGC 4703 , IC 814 are located in the same area of the sky .
The supernova SN 1907A was observed here.
The object was discovered on May 5, 1836 by John Herschel with an 18-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "vF, R, glbM, 30 arcseconds".