NGC 4810
| Galaxy NGC 4810 |
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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 54 m 51.2 s |
| declination | + 02 ° 38 ′ 25 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | In the pec |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 162 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 292 |
| Redshift | 0.003042 +/- 0.000070 |
| Radial velocity | 912 +/- 21 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(38 ± 3) x 10 6 ly (11.5 ± 0.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | RJ Mitchell |
| Discovery date | April 18, 1855 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4810 • UGC 8034 • PGC 43971 • CGCG 043-061 • MCG + 01-33-023 • Arp 277B • VV 313b • GC 3310 • | |
NGC 4810 is a 14.3 mag bright irregular galaxy according to the Hubble classification in the constellation of Virgo . It is estimated to be 38 million light years from the Milky Way and, together with NGC 4809, forms a gravitational double galaxy ( Arp 277 ). Halton Arp organized his catalog of unusual galaxies into groups according to purely morphological criteria. This pair of galaxies belongs to the class of interacting double galaxies .
The object was discovered on April 18, 1855 by RJ Mitchell , an assistant to William Parsons .
Web links
- NGC 4810. SIMBAD, accessed February 14, 2015 .
- NGC 4810. DSO Browser, accessed February 14, 2015 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 4810. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on February 14, 2015 .
- ARP ATLAS OF PECULIAR GALAXIES
- Seligman Arp
literature
- Jeff Kanipe and Dennis Webb: The Arp Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies - A Chronicle and Observer's Guide , Richmond 2006, ISBN 978-0-943396-76-7