NGC 4675

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Galaxy
NGC 4675
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NGC 4675 [1] SDSS image
NGC 4675 SDSS image
AladinLite
Constellation Big Bear
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 12 h 45 m 31.889 s
declination + 54 ° 44 ′ 15.42 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SBb  
Brightness  (visual) 14.3 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.1 mag
Angular expansion 1.6 ′ × 0.6 ′
Position angle 97 °
Surface brightness 14.1 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation NGC 4686 group
LGG 300  
Redshift 0.015866 ± 0.000124  
Radial velocity 4757 ± 37 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(217 ± 15)  x  10 6  ly
(66.4 ± 4.7)  Mpc 
history
discovery Wilhelm Herschel
Discovery date April 14, 1789
Catalog names
NGC  4675 • UGC  7935 • PGC  42998 • CGCG  270-019 • MCG  + 09-21-039 • IRAS  12432 + 5500 • 2MASX  J12453191 + 5444151 • GC  3206 • H  II 795 • 2MASS J12453192 + 5444149 • LDCE 914 NED005 • NVSS J124532 +544415

NGC 4675 is a 14.3 mag bright barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Great Bear in the northern sky. It is estimated to be 217 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 100,000 light-years across. The galaxy is considered a member of the NGC 4686 group ( LGG 300 ).
In the same area of ​​the sky are the galaxies NGC 4646 , NGC 4669 , NGC 4686 , NGC 4695 .

The Type Ia supernova SN 1997Y was observed here.

The object was discovered on April 14, 1789 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "pB, vS, mbM".

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 4675
  4. ^ VizieR
  5. Simbad
  6. Seligman
  7. Auke Slotegraaf : NGC 4675. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on February 2, 2015 (English).