NGC 4924
| Galaxy NGC 4924 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 02 m 12.8 s |
| declination | -14 ° 58 ′ 11 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SAB (s) 0 / a |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.9 ′ × 1.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 60 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.016198 +/- 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | 4856 +/- 4 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(212 ± 15) · 10 6 ly (64.9 ± 4.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | May 8, 1831 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4924 • PGC 44977 • MCG -02-33-096 • IRAS 12595-1442 • 2MASX J13021285-1458115 • GC 3370 • h 1517 • LDCE 921 NED077 | |
NGC 4924 is a 12.8 mag bright elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type "SB0-a" in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 212 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 120,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 4856 , NGC 4877 , NGC 4887 , NGC 4902 , among others .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on May 8, 1831 .
Web links
- NGC 4924. SIMBAD, accessed February 22, 2015 .
- NGC 4924. DSO Browser, accessed February 22, 2015 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 4924. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on February 22, 2015 (English).