NGC 4761
| Galaxy NGC 4761 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 53 m 09.7 s |
| declination | -09 ° 11 ′ 51 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 + sp |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 173 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | HCG 62 |
| Redshift | 0.014784 ± 0.000057 |
| Radial velocity | 4432 ± 17 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(193 ± 14) · 10 6 ly (59.3 ± 4.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Temple |
| Discovery date | March 1882 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4761 • PGC 43768 • MCG -01-33-039 • HCG 62C • 2MASS J12530980-0911520 • USGC S189 NED15 • HOLM 477B | |
NGC 4761 is a 13.9 likes bright elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E6 in the constellation Virgo to the ecliptic . It is an estimated 193 million light years from the Milky Way and about 50,000 light years across. Together with NGC 4764 , NGC 4776 and NGC 4778 it forms the Hickson Compact Group 62 and together with NGC 4759 the galaxy pair Holm 477 .
The object was discovered in March 1882 by Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel .
Web links
- NGC 4764. SIMBAD , accessed February 4, 2015 (English, NCG 4761 to be found under NCG 4764, NCG 4764 under PGC 43760).
- NGC 4761. DSO Browser, accessed February 4, 2015 .