NGC 4713
| Galaxy NGC 4713 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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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 |
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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.