NGC 4751
| Galaxy NGC 4751 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | centaur |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 52 m 50.8 s |
| declination | -42 ° 39 ′ 36 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA0-: |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.0 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 175 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 309 |
| Redshift | 0.006985 +/- 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 2094 +/- 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(86 ± 6) · 10 6 ly (26.3 ± 1.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 15, 1836 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4751 • PGC 43723 • ESO 323-G029 • MCG -07-27-011 • IRAS 12500-4223 • SGC 125004-4223.3 • GC 3271 • h 3434 • LDCE 0916 NED118 | |
NGC 4751 is a 11.2 mag bright galaxy of the Hubble type E – S0 in the constellation Centaur , which is about 86 million light years away from the Milky Way.
It was discovered on March 15, 1836 by John Herschel with an 18-inch reflecting telescope, which it marked with “B, R; first vg, then vsbM, 50 arcseconds ”.