NGC 4870
| Galaxy NGC 4870 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hunting dogs |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 59 m 17.8 s |
| declination | + 37 ° 02 ′ 54 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sat |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 0 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.035408 +/- 0.000077 |
| Radial velocity | 10615 +/- 23 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(477 ± 33) · 10 6 ly (146.2 ± 10.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lawrence Parsons |
| Discovery date | April 1, 1878 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4870 • PGC 44569 • | |
NGC 4870 is a 14.6 likes bright spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sa in the constellation of the hunting dogs . It is estimated to be 477 million light years from the Milky Way .
It was discovered by Lawrence Parsons on April 1, 1878 .
Web links
- NGC 4870. SIMBAD, accessed February 18, 2015 .
- NGC 4870. DSO Browser, accessed February 18, 2015 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 4870. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on February 18, 2015 .