NGC 4741
| Galaxy NGC 4741 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hunting dogs |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 50 m 59.5 s |
| declination | + 47 ° 40 ′ 18 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Scd |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 165 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.029637 +/- 0.000153 |
| Radial velocity | 8885 +/- 46 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(400 ± 28) x 10 6 ly (122.7 ± 8.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 9, 1788 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4741 • UGC 8000 • PGC 43504 • CGCG 244-045, 245-003 • MCG + 08-23-098 • IRAS F12486 + 4756 • GC 3261 • H III 721 • h 1458 • LDCE 0923 NED002 | |
NGC 4741 is a 13.7 likes bright spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation of the hunting dogs , which is about 400 million light-years from the Milky Way's center.
It was discovered on March 9, 1788 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "vF, S".