NGC 4901
| Galaxy NGC 4901 |
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![LEDA 2294261 & NGC 4901 [1] SDSS](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC4901_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| LEDA 2294261 & NGC 4901 SDSS | |
| 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 56.4 s |
| declination | + 47 ° 12 ′ 20 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E0 / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.0 ′ × 1.0 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 14.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.029007 ± 0.000153 |
| Radial velocity | 8696 ± 46 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(392 ± 27) x 10 6 ly (120.2 ± 8.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 7, 1831 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4901 • UGC 8112 • PGC 44684 • CGCG 245-009 • MCG + 08-24-019 • 2MASX J12595639 + 4712196 • GC 3357 • h 1512 • NSA 061376 • LDCE 923 NED005 | |
NGC 4901 is a 14.6 may bright elliptical galaxy with active galaxies core from the Hubble type E1 in the constellation hunting dogs on the northern sky . It is an estimated 392 million light years from the Milky Way and about 115,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 4917 .
The object was discovered on March 7, 1831 by John Herschel .
Web links
- NGC 4901. SIMBAD , accessed February 21, 2015 .
- NGC 4901. DSO Browser, accessed February 21, 2015 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 4901. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on February 21, 2015 .