NGC 4785
| Galaxy NGC 4785 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | centaur |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 53 m 27.3 s |
| declination | -48 ° 44 ′ 57 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SAB (r) from Sy2 |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.0 ′ × 1.0 ′ |
| Position angle | 81 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.012269 +/- 0.000042 |
| Radial velocity | 3678 +/- 13 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(156 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (47.9 ± 3.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 1, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4785 • PGC 43791 • ESO 219-G004 • IRAS 12506-4828 • SGC 125036-4828.7 • GC 3296 • h 3439 • | |
NGC 4785 is a 12.4 likes bright spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb in the constellation Centaurus . It is an estimated 156 million light years from the Milky Way .
It was discovered on March 1, 1835 by John Herschel with an 18-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "vF, S, R, glbM".