NGC 4950
| Galaxy NGC 4950 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | centaur |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 05 m 36.5 s |
| declination | -43 ° 30 ′ 02 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) 0 ^ 0 ^ |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.9 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.009316 +/- 0.000197 |
| Radial velocity | 2793 +/- 59 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(117 ± 8) x 10 6 ly (35.9 ± 2.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | June 3, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4950 • PGC 45294 • ESO 269-G47 • MCG -07-27-031 • SGC 130245-4314.0 • GC 3389 • h 3462 • LDCE 0916 NED138 | |
NGC 4950 is a 13.9 likes bright lenticular galaxy of Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Centaurus , which is about 117 million light-years from the Milky Way's center. It was discovered on June 3, 1834 by John Herschel with an 18-inch reflector telescope, which was "eF, S, R. The following of two; barely perceptible, but a sure observation "noted. The second named object of this observation is NGC 4946 .