NGC 4777
| Galaxy NGC 4777 |
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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 58.5 s |
| declination | -08 ° 46 ′ 33 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R) SAB (s) a: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.9 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 15 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.011755 +/- 0.000037 |
| Radial velocity | 3524 +/- 11 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(153 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (46.8 ± 3.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 3, 1786 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4777 • PGC 43852 • MCG -01-33-044 • 2MASX J12535853-0846326 • GC 3289 • H III 517 • LDCE 0921 NED036 | |
NGC 4777 is a 13.6 likes bright spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sa in the constellation of the Virgin on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 153 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 90,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 4761 , NGC 4773 , NGC 4780 , IC 3859 , among others .
The object was discovered on March 3, 1786 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as “vF, S”.