NGC 4783
| Galaxy NGC 4783 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Crow |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 54 m 36.6 s |
| declination | -12 ° 33 ′ 28 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E0 pec |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.3 ′ × 1.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 105 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 316 |
| Redshift | 0.013279 +/- 0.000063 |
| Radial velocity | 3981 +/- 19 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(173 ± 12) · 10 6 ly (53.0 ± 3.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 27, 1786 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4783 • PGC 43926 • MCG -02-33-051 • VV 201b • GC 3294 • H I 136 • HOLM 485B | |
NGC 4783 is an 11.7 mag bright elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E0 pec in the constellation Raven . It is an estimated 173 million light years from the Milky Way .
It was discovered on March 27, 1786 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who marked it with “Two [NGC 4782 & 4783]; both cB, cS, R, mbM. Distance 1 ′ near meridian chevelure mixed ”.