NGC 4951
| Galaxy NGC 4951 |
|
|---|---|
|
|
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
|
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
|
| Right ascension | 13 h 05 m 07.7 s |
| declination | -06 ° 29 ′ 38 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (rs) cd: |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.8 ′ × 1.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 90 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 314 |
| Redshift | 0.003923 ± 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | 1176 ± 4 km / s |
|
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(49 ± 3) x 10 6 ly (14.9 ± 1.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 17, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4951 • PGC 45246 • MCG -01-33-081 • IRAS 13025-0613 • 2MASX J13050769-0629377 • GC 3390 • H II 188 • h 1523 • HIPASS J1305-06 • LDCE 904 NED296 | |
NGC 4951 is a 12.0 likes bright barred spiral galaxy of Hubble type SBc in the constellation Virgo to the ecliptic. It is around 49 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 65,000 light years.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4941 and NGC 4981 .
The object was discovered on April 17, 1784 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as “F, cL, E, r”.