NGC 4832
| Galaxy NGC 4832 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | centaur |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 57 m 47.5 s |
| declination | -39 ° 45 ′ 42 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.8 ′ × 1.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 25 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 298 |
| Redshift | 0.012505 ± 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 3749 ± 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(160 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (49.0 ± 3.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | June 5, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4832 • PGC 44361 • ESO 323-051 • MCG -06-29-001 • 2MASX J12574754-3945421 • SGC 125500-3929.4 • GC 3323 • h 3446 • LDCE 916 NED129 | |
NGC 4832 is a 11.6 mag bright lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Centaur in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 160 million light years from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 85,000 ly.
The object was discovered on June 5, 1834 by John Herschel with an 18-inch reflector telescope, who she liked with “pF, vS, R, sbM to a star 17th mag; pos from star 19th mag (distant 1 ′) = 250.3 degrees “.