NGC 4732
| Galaxy NGC 4732 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big Bear |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 50 m 07.1 s |
| declination | + 52 ° 51 '00 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E5 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 x 0.6 |
| Position angle | 8 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.033136 +/- 0.000087 |
| Radial velocity | 9934 +/- 26 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(448 ± 31) · 10 6 ly (137.3 ± 9.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 26, 1789 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4732 • UGC 7988 • PGC 43430 • CGCG 270-026 • MCG + 09-21-053 • 2MASX J12500704 + 5251002 • GC 3255 • H II 814 • | |
NGC 4732 is a 13.9 mag bright elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type "E5" in the constellation Great Bear . It is estimated to be 448 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 160,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky is the galaxy IC 830 .
The object was discovered on April 26, 1789 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflecting telescope , who described it as "F, S, vsmbM".