NGC 4762
| Galaxy NGC 4762 |
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| Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 52 m 56.0 s |
| declination | + 11 ° 13 ′ 51 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (r) 0 ^ 0 ^ / sp / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 10.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 11.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 8.7 ′ × 1.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 29 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster Messier 87 group NGC 4639 group LGG 289 |
| Redshift | 0.003289 +/- 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | (986 ± 5) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(42 ± 3) x 10 6 ly (12.9 ± 0.9) Mpc |
| diameter | 115,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 15, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4762 • UGC 8016 • PGC 43733 • CGCG 071-065 • MCG + 02-33-33 • 2MASX J12525604 + 1113508 • VCC 2095 • GC 3278 • H II 75 • h 1466 • LDCE 904 NED270 • spar 478A • KPG 356B • EVCC 1212 | |
NGC 4762 is a lens-shaped galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 42 million light years from the Milky Way and about 115,000 light years in diameter. Under the catalog name VCC 2095 , it is considered a member of the Virgo galaxy cluster . Together with NGC 4754 , it forms the galaxy pair Holm 478 or KPG 356 .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4733 and NGC 4746 .
The object was discovered on March 15, 1784 by William Herschel .
Web links
- NGC 4762. SIMBAD , accessed February 4, 2015 .
- NGC 4762. DSO Browser, accessed February 4, 2015 .
- Auke Slotegraaf : NGC 4762. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed February 4, 2015 .