NGC 4705
| Galaxy NGC 4705 |
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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 49 m 25.0 s |
| declination | -05 ° 11 ′ 45 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (s) bc: |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.1 ′ × 1.0 ′ |
| Position angle | 125 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.014337 ± 0.000010 |
| Radial velocity | 4298 ± 3 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(188 ± 13) · 10 6 ly (57.6 ± 4.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | February 22, 1787 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4705 • PGC 43350 • MCG -01-33-016 • IRAS 12468-0455 • 2MASX J12492497-0511452 • GC 3238 • H III 610 • h 1440 • HIPASS J1249-05 • LDCE 917 NED002 | |
NGC 4705 is a 12.8 likes bright barred spiral galaxy of Hubble type SBBC in the constellation Virgo to the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 188 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 175,000 light-years across.
The galaxies NGC 4697 , NGC 4718 , NGC 4720 , IC 825 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on February 22nd, 1787 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "cF, pL, E".