NGC 4753
| Galaxy NGC 4753 |
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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 52 m 22.1 s |
| declination | -01 ° 11 ′ 59 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | I0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 9.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 10.9 likes |
| Angular expansion | 6.0 ′ × 2.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 80 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster NGC 4753 group NGC 4643 group LGG 315 |
| Redshift | 0.003879 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 1163 ± 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(48 ± 3) x 10 6 ly (14.8 ± 1.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | February 22, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4753 • UGC 8009 • PGC 43671 • CGCG 015-029 • MCG + 00-33-016 • IRAS 12498-0055 • 2MASX J12522211-0111588 • GC 3273 • H I 16 • h 1461 • LDCE 904 NED267 • EVCC 2237 | |
NGC 4753 is a 9.9 likes bright irregular galaxy from the Hubble type I0 in the constellation Virgo to the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 48 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 100,000 light years in diameter. The galaxy is namesake of the NGC 4753 group and possibly a member of the Virgo galaxy cluster .
So far, two Type Ia supernovae have been observed in NGC 4753 : on June 18, 1965 SN 1965i and on April 4, 1983 SN 1983g .
The object was discovered on February 22, 1784 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as “cB vL iF vgmbM”.