NGC 4774
| Galaxy NGC 4774 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hunting dogs |
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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 | + 36 ° 49 ′ 09 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sc / Ring: |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.6 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 90 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.027823 +/- 0.000057 |
| Radial velocity | 8341 +/- 17 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(376 ± 26) · 10 6 ly (115.2 ± 8.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 17, 1787 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4774 • PGC 43759 • CGCG 188-026 • MCG + 06-28-037 • IRAS 12507 + 3705 • KUG 1250 + 370 • 2MASX J12530651 + 3649109 • VV 789 • GC 3286 • H III 618 • h 1471 • | |
NGC 4774 , also known as the Kidney Bean Galaxy , is a 14.3 mag bright ring galaxy of the Hubble-type "Ring" with an almost completely absent bulge . It can be found in the constellation of the hounds . It is estimated to be 376 million light years from the Milky Way and has a disk diameter of around 65,000 ly.
The object was discovered on March 17, 1787 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "eF, vS".