NGC 4698
| Galaxy NGC 4698 |
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| The galaxy NGC 4698 imaged with the 81 cm reflecting telescope of the Mount Lemmon Observatory . | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 48 m 22.9 s |
| declination | + 08 ° 29 ′ 15 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (s) from / Sy2 / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 10.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 11.5 likes |
| Angular expansion | 4 ′, 0 × 2 ′, 5 |
| Position angle | 170 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster |
| Redshift | +0.003366 ± 0.000002 |
| Radial velocity | +1009 ± 1 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(43 ± 3) x 10 6 ly (13.1 ± 0.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | January 18, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4698 • UGC 7970 • PGC 43254 • CGCG 071-045 • MCG + 02-33-24 • IRAS 12458 + 0845 • 2MASX J12482293 + 0829140 • VCC 2070 • GC 3228 • H I 8 • H III 6 • HIPASS J1248 + 08 • LDCE 904 NED251 • EVCC 1173 | |
NGC 4698 is a spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type Sab in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 43 million light years from the Milky Way and about 50,000 light years in diameter. The galaxy has an angular extent of 4 ′, 0 × 2 ′, 5 and an apparent magnitude of 10.7 mag. Under catalog number VCC 2070 she has been a member of the Virgo cluster of galaxies listed
in the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 3716 , IC 3719 , IC 3754 .
The object was discovered by William Herschel on January 18, 1784 .
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