NGC 4710
| Galaxy NGC 4710 |
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| Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Berenike's hair |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 49 m 38.8 s |
| declination | + 15 ° 09 ′ 56 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (r) 0+? / sp / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 11.9 likes |
| Angular expansion | 4.9 ′ × 1.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 27 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation |
Virgo I group Messier 49 group NGC 4636 group NGC 4343 group LGG 292 |
| Redshift | 0.003676 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 1102 ± 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(48 ± 3) x 10 6 ly (14.6 ± 1.0) Mpc |
| diameter | 75,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 21, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4710 • UGC 7980 • PGC 43375 • CGCG 100-011 • MCG + 03-33-009 • IRAS 12471 + 1526 • 2MASX J12493895 + 1509557 • GC 3240 • H II 95 • h 1441 • NVSS J124938 + 150955 • LDCE 904 NED257 • EVCC 1182 | |
NGC 4710 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a and is located in the constellation Haar der Berenike in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 48 million light years from the Milky Way and about 70,000 light years in diameter.
The galaxy IC 3806 is located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on March 21, 1784 by the German-British astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .
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