NGC 4911
| Galaxy NGC 4911 |
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| Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Berenike's hair |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 00 m 56.1 s |
| declination | + 27 ° 47 ′ 27 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (r) bc / AGN |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 127 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation |
Coma Pile Abell 1656 |
| Redshift | (26635 ± 17) · 10 −6 |
| Radial velocity | (7985 ± 5) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(357 ± 25) · 10 6 ly (109.6 ± 7.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 11, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4911 • UGC 8128 • PGC 44840 • CGCG 160-260 • MCG + 05-31-93 • IRAS 12584 + 2803 • 2MASX J13005609 + 2747268 • GC 3364 • H II 392 • DRCG 27-82 • LDCE 0926 NED059 | |
NGC 4911 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Haar der Berenike , which is approximately 357 million light years from the Milky Way . Nearby is another galaxy, for which the number NGC 4911A has been assigned.
The galaxy NGC 4911 was discovered on April 11, 1785 by the German-British astronomer Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel .
Web links
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