NGC 4680
| Galaxy NGC 4680 |
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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 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 |
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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".