NGC 4880
| Galaxy NGC 4880 |
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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 | 13 h 00 m 10.6 s |
| declination | + 12 ° 29 ′ 00 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (r) 0+: |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.1 'x 2.5' |
| Position angle | 165 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.004593 +/- 0.000068 |
| Radial velocity | +1377 ± 20 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(60 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (18.4 ± 1.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 12, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4880 • UGC 8109 • PGC 44719 • CGCG 071-094 • MCG + 02-33-047 • 2MASX J13001053 + 1229001 • GC 3348 • H III 83 • h 1503 • spar 497A • LDCE 904 NED288 | |
NGC 4880 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 / a in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 60 million light years from the Milky Way and about 55,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by William Herschel on April 12, 1784 .