NGC 4734
| Galaxy NGC 4734 |
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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 51 m 12.9 s |
| declination | + 04 ° 51 ′ 33 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sc |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.0 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 145 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.025094 +/- 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 7523 +/- 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(333 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (102.2 ± 7.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 7, 1828 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4734 • UGC 7998 • PGC 43525 • CGCG 043-045 • MCG + 01-33-019 • IRAS 12486 + 0507 • GC 3257 • h 1454 • | |
NGC 4734 is a 13.6 likes bright spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Virgo . It is an estimated 333 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on April 7, 1828 by John Herschel .
Web links
- NGC 4734. SIMBAD, accessed February 4, 2015 .
- NGC 4734. DSO Browser, accessed February 4, 2015 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 4734. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed February 4, 2015 .