NGC 4941
| Galaxy NGC 4941 |
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| Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 04 m 13.1 s |
| declination | -05 ° 33 ′ 06 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R) SAB (r) from: / Sy2 |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.9 ′ × 2.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 15 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation |
NGC-4697 group LGG 314 |
| Redshift | 0.003696 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | (1108 ± 5) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(46 ± 3) x 10 6 ly (14.0 ± 1.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 24, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4941 • UGCA 321 • PGC 45165 • MCG -01-33-077 • IRAS 13016-0516 • 2MASX J13041314-0533058 • GC 3383 • H I 40 • h 1520 • NVSS J130413-053303 • LDCE 904 NED293 | |
NGC 4941 is a bar-spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble-type SBab in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is around 46 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 60,000 light years.
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 4951 .
The object was discovered by William Herschel on April 24, 1784 .
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