NGC 4914
| Galaxy NGC 4914 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hunting dogs |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 00 m 42.9 s |
| declination | + 37 ° 18 ′ 55 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | cD / E + |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.5 ′ × 1.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 155 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 319 |
| Redshift | 0.015554 ± 0.000083 |
| Radial velocity | 4663 ± 25 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(210 ± 15) · 10 6 ly (64.5 ± 4.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 17, 1787 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4914 • UGC 8125 • PGC 44807 • CGCG 189-013 • MCG + 06-29-014 • KUG 1258 + 375 • 2MASX J13004296 + 3718552 • GC 3365 • H II 645 • h 1514 • NSA 142822 • LDCE 929 NED003 | |
NGC 4914 is an elliptical CD galaxy in the constellation Hounds in the northern sky . It is around 210 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 215,000 light years. Together with NGC 4846 and NGC 4868 it forms the small galaxy group LGG 319.
In the same area of the sky there are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4893 , IC 4027 , IC 4077 .
The object was discovered by William Herschel on March 17, 1787 .
NGC 4914 group ( LGG 319 )
| Galaxy | Alternative name | Distance / million Lj |
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| NGC 4914 | PGC 44807 | 210 |
| NGC 4846 | PGC 44362 | 205 |
| NGC 4868 | PGC 44807 | 210 |