NGC 4936
| Galaxy NGC 4936 |
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| Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | centaur |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 04 m 16.9 s |
| declination | -30 ° 31 ′ 35 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E0 / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 10.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 11.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.7 ′ × 2.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 168 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 4936 group LGG 328 |
| Redshift | 0.010397 ± 0.000027 |
| Radial velocity | 3117 ± 8 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(132 ± 9) · 10 6 ly (40.6 ± 2.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | May 6, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4936 • PGC 45174 • ESO 443-047 • MCG -05-31-028 • IRAS 13016-3016 • 2MASX J13041709-3031347 • SGC 130132-3015.4 • GC 3378 • h 3456 • HIPASS J1304-30 • LDCE 924 NED029 | |
NGC 4936 is an elliptical galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type E1 in the constellation Centaur in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 132 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 110,000 ly
. a. the galaxies NGC 4903 , NGC 4905 , NGC 4955 , IC 844 .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on May 6, 1834 .
Web links
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