NGC 4790
| Galaxy NGC 4790 |
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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 54 m 51.9 s |
| declination | -10 ° 14 ′ 52 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (rs) c: |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.5 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 90 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 307 |
| Redshift | 0.004483 +/- 0.000018 |
| Radial velocity | 1344 +/- 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(55 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (16.9 ± 1.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 25, 1786 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4790 • PGC 43972 • MCG -02-33-056 • IRAS 12522-0958 • 2MASX J12545193-1014521 • GC 3299 • H II 560 • LDCE 0904 NED278 | |
NGC 4790 is a 12.4 likes bright barred spiral galaxy of Hubble type SBc in the constellation Virgo to the ecliptic , the estimated 55 million light-years from the Milky Way 's center. Here the Ib- Supernova SN 2012au was observed.
The galaxies NGC 4760 , NGC 4766 , NGC 4781 , NGC 4784 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on March 25, 1786 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as “pF, pS, iR”.