NGC 4900
| Galaxy NGC 4900 |
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| Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 00 m 39.2 s |
| declination | + 02 ° 30 ′ 03 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (rs) c / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.2 ′ × 2.1 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC-4753 Group ( Virgo II Group ) |
| Redshift | 0.003201 ± 0.000009 |
| Radial velocity | (960 ± 3) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(40 ± 3) x 10 6 ly (12.2 ± 0.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 30, 1786 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4900 • UGC 8116 • PGC 44797 • CGCG 043-093 • MCG + 01-33-035 • IRAS 12580 + 0246 • 2MASX J13003914 + 0230052 • GC 3356 • H I 143 • h 1509 • LDCE 904 NED289 | |
NGC 4900 is a bar-spiral dwarf galaxy with extensive star formation from Hubble type SBc in the constellation Virgo to the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 40 million light years from the Milky Way and about 25,000 light years in diameter.
The type IIPp supernova SN 1999br was observed here.
The object was discovered by William Herschel on April 30, 1786 .
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