NGC 4763
| Galaxy NGC 4763 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Crow |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 53 m 27.2 s |
| declination | -17 ° 00 ′ 20 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SBa |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.5 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 125 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.013489 +/- 0.000030 |
| Radial velocity | 4044 +/- 9 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(175 ± 12) · 10 6 ly (53.7 ± 3.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | December 31, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4763 • PGC 43792 • MCG -03-33-013 • IRAS 12507-1643 • GC 3279 • H III 489 • | |
NGC 4763 is a 12.6 likes bright barred spiral galaxy of Hubble type SBa in the constellation Raven . It is estimated to be 175 million light years from the Milky Way .
It was discovered on December 31, 1785 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "vF, S, lbM".