NGC 4764
| Galaxy NGC 4764 |
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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 06.6 s |
| declination | -09 ° 15 ′ 28 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E2 |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.3 ′ × 0.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 115 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Hickson Compact Group 62 |
| Redshift | 0.013923 +/- 0.000110 |
| Radial velocity | 4174 +/- 33 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(182 ± 13) · 10 6 ly (55.7 ± 3.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Temple |
| Discovery date | March 1882 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4764 • PGC 43760 • HCG 62D • | |
NGC 4764 is a 15.1 likes bright elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E2 in the constellation of Virgo and about 182 million light-years from the Milky Way center.
Together with NGC 4761 , NGC 4776 and NGC 4778 it forms the "Hickson Compact Group 62" and was discovered in March 1882 by Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel .
Web links
- PGC 43760. SIMBAD, accessed February 4, 2015 (English, NCG 4761 to be found under NCG 4764, NCG 4764 under PGC 43760).
- NGC 4764. DSO Browser, accessed February 4, 2015 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 4764. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed February 4, 2015 .