NGC 4709
| Galaxy NGC 4709 |
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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 50 m 03.9 s |
| declination | -41 ° 22 ′ 55 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E1 |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.3 ′ × 2.0 ′ |
| Position angle | 112 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation |
Abell 3526 CEN 45 LGG 305 |
| Redshift | 0.015604 ± 0.000014 |
| Radial velocity | 4678 ± 4 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(201 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (61.7 ± 4.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | James Dunlop |
| Discovery date | May 7, 1826 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4709 • PGC 43423 • ESO 323-003 • MCG -07-26-056 • 2MASX J12500394-4122554 • SGC 124718-4106.6 • GC 3237 • h 3428 • LEDA 43423 • LDCE 916 NED091 | |
NGC 4709 is an 11.1 mag bright elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E1 in the constellation of the Centaur in the southern sky . It is an estimated 201 million light-years from the Milky Way , about 140,000 light-years in diameter, and is a member of the Centaurus Galaxy Cluster .
The galaxies NGC 4696 , NGC 4706 , NGC 4729 , NGC 4730 are in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on May 7, 1826 by James Dunlop with a 9-inch reflector telescope, who described it in his own catalog under the number 511 as "a pretty large, faint nebula".