NGC 4792
| Galaxy NGC 4792 |
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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 55 m 03.7 s |
| declination | -12 ° 29 ′ 50 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 140 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.014627 +/- 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 4385 +/- 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(191 ± 13) · 10 6 ly (58.5 ± 4.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Temple |
| Discovery date | 1882 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4792 • PGC 43999 • 2MASX J12550368-1229493 • LEDA 43999 • LDCE 921 NED044 | |
NGC 4792 is a 14.2 mag bright lenticular galaxy of the Hubble-type S0 in the constellation Raven south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 191 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 40,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky there are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4782 , NGC 4783 , NGC 4794 , NGC 4802 .
The object was discovered in 1882 by Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel during his visit to Arcetri with an 11-inch lens telescope, who described it as “very small, round, 7 ′ north Np of NGC 4794”.