NGC 4713
Galaxy NGC 4713 |
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SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Virgin |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 12 h 49 m 57.9 s |
declination | + 05 ° 18 ′ 41 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | SAB (rs) d / HII / LINER |
Brightness (visual) | 11.4 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 12.1 mag |
Angular expansion | 2.9 ′ × 1.8 ′ |
Position angle | 100 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Affiliation | LGG 315 |
Redshift | 0.002183 +/- 0.000002 |
Radial velocity | 654 +/- 1 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(26 ± 2) x 10 6 ly (8.07 ± 0.57) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
Discovery date | April 17, 1786 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 4713 • UGC 7985 • PGC 43413 • CGCG 043-041 • MCG + 01-33-18 • IRAS 12474 + 0534 • 2MASX J12495789 + 0518411 • GC 3243 • H I 140 • h 1444 • LDCE 0904 NED259 |
NGC 4713 is an active barred spiral galaxy with extensive star formation from Hubble type SBCD in the constellation Virgo the northern sky . It is estimated to be 26 million light years from the Milky Way and about 20,000 light years across.
The galaxy NGC 4734 is located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on April 17, 1786 by the astronomer Wilhelm Herschel with the help of his 18.7 inch mirror telescope.