NGC 4836
| Galaxy NGC 4836 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 57 m 34.3 s |
| declination | -12 ° 44 ′ 39 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (rs) d / pec: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 5 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.017172 +/- 0.000023 |
| Radial velocity | 5148 +/- 7 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(225 ± 16) · 10 6 ly (69.0 ± 4.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Temple |
| Discovery date | April 19, 1882 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4836 • PGC 44328 • MCG -02-33-072 • IRAS 12549-1228 • 2MASX J12573428-1244381 • LDCE 921 NED062 | |
NGC 4836 is a 12.4 likes bright spiral galaxy of Hubble type Scd in the constellation Virgo to the ecliptic . It is an estimated 225 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 95,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 4794 , NGC 4838 , NGC 4847 , NGC 4855 .
The object was discovered on April 19, 1882 by Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel .
Web links
- NGC 4836. SIMBAD, accessed February 15, 2015 .
- NGC 4836. DSO Browser, accessed February 15, 2015 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 4836. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed February 15, 2015 .