NGC 4796
| Galaxy NGC 4796 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 55 m 04.7 s |
| declination | + 08 ° 03 ′ 58 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E / C |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.4 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 90 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.008025 ± 0.000223 |
| Radial velocity | 2406 ± 67 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(105 ± 8) x 10 6 ly (32.2 ± 2.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | March 25, 1865 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4796 • UGC 8037 • PGC 93119 • CGCG 043-064 NED02 • MCG + 01-33-024 NED02 • GC 5678 • | |
NGC 4796 is a 14.5 mag bright elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type "E / C" (the C stands for Compact ) in the constellation of Virgo . It is an estimated 105 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 15,000 ly. It is gravitationally connected to NGC 4795 , the eastern arm of which is already showing signs of this influence.
The object was discovered on March 25, 1865 by Albert Marth , who first mistook it for a star .