NGC 4959

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Galaxy
NGC 4959
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SDSS
SDSS
AladinLite
Constellation Hunting dogs
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 13 h 05 m 41.0 s
declination + 33 ° 10 ′ 44 ″
Appearance
Morphological type C.  
Brightness  (visual) 14.5 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.4 mag
Angular expansion 0.8 ′ × 0.8 ′
Surface brightness 13.8 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.032623 ± 0.000093  
Radial velocity 9780 ± 28 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(438 ± 31)  ·  10 6  Lj
(134.4 ± 9.4)  Mpc 
history
discovery John Herschel
Discovery date April 29, 1827
Catalog names
NGC  4959 • PGC  45301 • CGCG  189-018 • MCG  + 06-29-029 • 2MASX  J13054103 + 3310440 • GC  3399 • h  1528 • GALEX ASC J130541.31 + 331044.2

NGC 4959 is a 14.6 likes bright spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sa in the constellation Canes Venatici on the northern sky . It is estimated to be 438 million light years from the Milky Way and about 105,000 light years in diameter.

The object was discovered by John Herschel on April 29, 1827 .

Web links

  • NGC 4959. SIMBAD , accessed February 22, 2015 .
  • NGC 4959. DSO Browser, accessed February 22, 2015 .
  • Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 4959. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on February 22, 2015 .

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 4959
  3. Seligman