NGC 4925
| Galaxy NGC 4925 |
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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 07.4 s |
| declination | -07 ° 42 ′ 39 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA: (s) 0o: pec |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.0 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 135 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.011585 +/- 0.000100 |
| Radial velocity | 3473 +/- 30 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(151 ± 11) · 10 6 ly (46.3 ± 3.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 23, 1789 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4925 • PGC 44967 • MCG -01-33-074 • GC 3371 • H II 779 • h 1519 • LDCE 0921 NED076 | |
NGC 4925 is a 13.1 likes bright lenticular galaxy of Hubble type S0 in the constellation of Virgo , which is about 151 million light-years from the Milky Way's center. It was discovered on March 23, 1789 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "F, S".