NGC 4959
| Galaxy NGC 4959 |
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| SDSS | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hunting dogs |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| 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 |
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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 .