NGC 4758
| Galaxy NGC 4758 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Berenike's hair |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 52 m 44.0 s |
| declination | + 15 ° 50 ′ 55 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | In: / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.9 likes |
| Angular expansion | 3.0 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 160 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.004146 +/- 0.000020 |
| Radial velocity | 1243 +/- 6 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(54 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (16.6 ± 1.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 21, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4758 • UGC 8014 • PGC 43707 • CGCG 100-015 • MCG + 03-33-015 • IRAS 12502 + 1607 • GC 3277 • H III 70 • h 1465 • LDCE 0904 NED268 | |
NGC 4758 is a 13.3 likes bright irregular galaxy from the Hubble type in the constellation Coma Berenices and about 54 million light-years from the Milky Way center.
It was discovered on March 21, 1784 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "vF, not S".