NGC 4793
| Galaxy NGC 4793 |
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| SDSS | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Berenike's hair |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 54 m 40.6 s |
| declination | + 28 ° 56 ′ 19 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (rs) c / Sbrst |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.9 ′ × 1.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 50 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 1656 |
| Redshift | 0.008286 +/- 0.000009 |
| Radial velocity | (2484 ± 3) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(112 ± 8) · 10 6 ly (34.2 ± 2.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 11, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4793 • UGC 8033 • PGC 43939 • CGCG 159-116 • MCG + 05-31-003 • IRAS 12522 + 2912 • KUG 1252 + 292 • 2MASX J12544060 + 2856195 • GC 3300 • H I93 • h 1475 • | |
NGC 4793 is a bar-spiral galaxy with a high rate of star formation of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Haar der Berenike in the northern sky . It is an estimated 112 million light-years away from the Milky Way , has a diameter of about 95,000 ly, and is a member of the Coma galaxy cluster Abell 1656 .
The galaxies NGC 4735 , NGC 4738 , NGC 4841 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on April 11, 1785 by Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel .
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