NGC 4847
| Galaxy NGC 4847 |
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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 58 m 28.9 s |
| declination | -13 ° 08 ′ 27 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | cE1? |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.6 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 21 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.016048 +/- 0.000150 |
| Radial velocity | 4811 +/- 45 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(210 ± 15) · 10 6 ly (64.4 ± 4.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Temple |
| Discovery date | April 19, 1882 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4847 • PGC 44464 • 2MASX J12582896-1308274 • 2MASS J12582895-1308271 | |
NGC 4847 is a 14.3 likes bright elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E2 in the constellation Virgo to the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 210 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 35,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 4825 , NGC 4836 , NGC 4838 , NGC 4855 , among others .
The object was discovered on April 19, 1882 by Ernst Wilhelm Leberecht Tempel .
Web links
- NGC 4847. DSO Browser, accessed February 18, 2015 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 4847. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on February 18, 2015 (English).