NGC 4677
| Galaxy NGC 4677 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | centaur |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 46 m 57.1 s |
| declination | -41 ° 34 ′ 57 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) 0+: |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.6 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 167 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 298 |
| Redshift | 0.010364 +/- 0.000100 |
| Radial velocity | 3107 +/- 30 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(131 ± 9) · 10 6 ly (40.1 ± 2.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | June 8, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4677 • PGC 43127 • ESO 322-G078 • MCG -07-26-044 • SGC 124412-4118.6 • GC 3208 • h 3418 • LDCE 0916 NED069 | |
NGC 4677 is a 12.9 likes bright lenticular galaxy of Hubble type SB0-a in the constellation Centaurus and about 131 million light years from Earth.
It was discovered on June 8, 1834 by John Herschel with an 18-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "eF, lE, vgbM".