NGC 4766
| Galaxy NGC 4766 |
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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 08.2 s |
| declination | -10 ° 22 ′ 41 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.0 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 130 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.013286 +/- 0.000110 |
| Radial velocity | 3983 +/- 33 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(173 ± 12) · 10 6 ly (53.1 ± 3.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Temple |
| Discovery date | 1882 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4766 • PGC 43766 • MCG -02-33-042 • LDCE 0921 NED032 | |
NGC 4766 is a 14.4 mag bright, lens-shaped galaxy of the Hubble-type S0 in the constellation Virgo and about 173 million light-years from the Milky Way.
It was discovered in 1882 by Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel .
Web links
- NGC 4766. SIMBAD, accessed February 4, 2015 .
- NGC 4766. DSO Browser, accessed February 4, 2015 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 4766. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed February 4, 2015 .