NGC 4890
| Galaxy NGC 4890 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 00 m 39.1 s |
| declination | -04 ° 36 ′ 16 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sm |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 95 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 1651 |
| Redshift | 0.010100 +/- 0.000073 |
| Radial velocity | 3028 +/- 22 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(131 ± 9) · 10 6 ly (40.3 ± 2.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 11, 1787 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4890 • PGC 44793 • MCG -01-33-067 • IRAS 12580-0420 • GC 3352 • H III 614 • h 1506 • | |
NGC 4890 is a 13.2 likes bright spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sm in the constellation of Virgo , which is about 131 million light-years from the Milky Way's center.
It was discovered on March 11, 1787 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "cF, S, iR".