NGC 4694
| Galaxy NGC 4694 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 48 m 15.1 s |
| declination | + 10 ° 59 ′ 01 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB0 / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.3 ′ × 1.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 140 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster Messier 49 group NGC 4636 group NGC 4343 group LGG 292 |
| Redshift | 0.003869 ± 0.000008 |
| Radial velocity | (1160 ± 2) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(50 ± 4) x 10 6 ly (15.2 ± 1.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 15, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4694 • UGC 7969 • PGC 43241 • CGCG 071-044 • MCG + 02-33-023 • IRAS 12457 + 1115 • 2MASX J12481509 + 1059010 • VCC 2066 • GC 3225 • H II 72 • h 1434 • HIPASS J1247 + 10 • LDCE 904 NED250 • EVCC 1171 | |
NGC 4694 is a lenticular galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 50 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 50,000 light-years across. She is listed as a member of the Virgo galaxy cluster under catalog number VCC 2066 . In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4733 , IC 3727 , IC 3773 , IC 3775 .
The object was discovered on March 15, 1784 by the astronomer Wilhelm Herschel using his 18.7 inch mirror telescope.