NGC 4680

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Galaxy
NGC 4680
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SDSS
SDSS
AladinLite
Constellation Virgin
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 12 h 46 m 54.7 s
declination -11 ° 38 ′ 13 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SBc  
Brightness  (visual) 12.8 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.7 mag
Angular expansion 1.5 ′ × 1.2 ′
Position angle 40 °
Surface brightness 13.3 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation LGG 304  
Redshift 0.008312 ± 0.000030  
Radial velocity (2492 ± 9) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(106 ± 8)  ·  10 6  ly
(32.5 ± 2.3)  Mpc 
history
discovery John Herschel
Discovery date May 27, 1835
Catalog names
NGC  4680 • PGC  43118 • MCG  -02-33-007 • IRAS  12442-1121 • 2MASX  J12465474-1138133 • GC  3210 • h  3420 • LDCE 915 NED003

NGC 4680 is a 12.8 mag bright spiral galaxy of the Hubble type S / P in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 106 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 45,000 ly
. a. the galaxies NGC 4700 and NGC 4708 .

The Type Ia (pec) supernova SN 1997bp was observed here.

The object was discovered on May 27, 1835 by John Herschel with an 18-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "eF, S, has one or two small stars entangled in it".

Web links

  • NGC 4680. SIMBAD, accessed February 4, 2015 .
  • NGC 4680. DSO Browser, accessed February 4, 2015 .

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e NASA / IPAC Extragalactic Database
  2. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 4680
  3. Simbad
  4. Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 4680. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on February 4, 2015 (English).
  5. Seligman