NGC 4726
| Galaxy NGC 4726 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Crow |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 50 m 46.0 s |
| declination | -14 ° 16 ′ 07 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 0.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 75 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.025431 ± 0.000183 |
| Radial velocity | 7624 ± 55 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(335 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (102.8 ± 7.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Temple |
| Discovery date | 1882 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4726 • PGC 926789 • IRAS 12489-1356 • 2MASX J12504606-1416068 • | |
NGC 4726 is a 14.8 mag bright lenticular galaxy of the Hubble-type S0 in the constellation Raven in the southern sky . It is an estimated 335 million light years from the Milky Way and about 120,000 light years in diameter .
The galaxies NGC 4724 , NGC 4727 , IC 3819 , IC 3822 are located in the same area of the sky .
The Type Ia supernova SN 2012bo was observed here.
The object was discovered in 1882 by Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel , who wrote: "Near the fine double nebula [GC] 3250-51 [NGC 4724-27], 4 arcmin further north, is a fainter companion".