NGC 4779
| Galaxy NGC 4779 |
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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 50.8 s |
| declination | + 09 ° 42 ′ 36 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (rs) bc; HII Sbrst |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.0 likes |
| Angular expansion | 2.1 ′ × 1.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 70 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.009443 +/- 0.000002 |
| Radial velocity | 2831 +/- 1 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(124 ± 9) · 10 6 ly (38.1 ± 2.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 15, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4779 • UGC 8022 • PGC 43837 • CGCG 071-068 • MCG + 02-33-034 • IRAS 12513 + 0958 • Mrk 781 • GC 3291 • H III 106 • h 1472 • LDCE 0920 NED001 | |
NGC 4779 is a 12.2 mag barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation of Virgo and about 124 million light years from the Milky Way.
It was discovered on April 15, 1784 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "vF, pL, vlbM, r".