PGC 4799

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Galaxy
LEDA / PGC 4799
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Constellation sculptor
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 01 h 20 m 04.7 s
declination -33 ° 53 ′ 58 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SB (s) dm:  
Brightness  (visual) 13.7 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.3 mag
Angular expansion 1.82 ′ × 0.72 ′
Surface brightness 14.0 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation SSRS group 58  
Redshift 0.011985 ± 0.000010  
Radial velocity 3593 ± 3 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(159 ± 11)  ·  10 6  ly
(48.6 ± 3.4)  Mpc 
history
Catalog names
NGC  491A  • PGC  4799 • ESO  352-046 • MCG  -06-04-008 • SGC  011746-3409.8 • AM 0117-340 • HIPASS J0119-33

LEDA / PGC 4799 (also NGC 491A ) is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBd in the constellation Sculptor in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 159 million light years from the Milky Way and about 90,000 light years in diameter.

In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 461 and NGC 491 .

Individual evidence

  1. a b c NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c SEDS: NGC 491
  3. a b SIMBAD database