NGC 4771
| Galaxy NGC 4771 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 53 m 21.2 s |
| declination | -01 ° 16 ′ 09 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAd? sp; Sy / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.0 likes |
| Angular expansion | 3.8 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 133 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 315 |
| Redshift | 0.003784 +/- 0.000024 |
| Radial velocity | 1134 +/- 7 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(47 ± 3) x 10 6 ly (14.5 ± 1.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | February 24, 1786 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4771 • UGC 8020 • PGC 43784 • CGCG 015-031 • MCG + 00-33-017 • IRAS 12507 + 0132 • GC 3283 • H II 535 • h 1468 • LDCE 0904 NED272 | |
NGC 4771 is a 12.3 likes bright spiral galaxy of Hubble type Scd in the constellation of Virgo and about 47 million light-years from the Milky Way center.
It was discovered on February 24, 1786 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "F, mE np-sf, 2 'long, 0.75' broad".