NGC 4683
| Galaxy NGC 4683 |
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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 47 m 42.4 s |
| declination | -41 ° 31 ′ 42 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) 0- |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 130 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 3526 NGC 4696 group IC 3370 group LGG 298 |
| Redshift | 0.011908 ± 0.000057 |
| Radial velocity | 3570 ± 17 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(152 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (46.5 ± 3.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | June 8, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4683 • PGC 43182 • ESO 322-083 • MCG -07-26-047 • 2MASX J12474238-4131418 • SGC 124457-4115.3 • GC 3213 • h 3422 • GALEX ASC J124742.50-413142.3 • LDCE 916 NED073 | |
NGC 4683 is a 12.8 mag bright elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E / SB0 in the constellation Centaur in the southern sky . It is an estimated 152 million light years from the Milky Way and about 65,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4672 , NGC 4677 , NGC 4696 , NGC 4706 .
The object was discovered on June 8, 1834 by John Herschel with an 18-inch reflector telescope, which it labeled “eF, S, R, vgbM, 1 ′; Nf a small star ”.