NGC 4963
Galaxy NGC 4963 |
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SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Hunting dogs |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 13 h 05 m 51.9 s |
declination | + 41 ° 43 ′ 19 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | S? |
Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.023850 +/- 0.000080 |
Radial velocity | 7150 +/- 24 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(322 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (98.8 ± 6.9) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
Discovery date | April 9, 1787 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 4963 • UGC 8190 • PGC 45315 • CGCG 217-010 • MCG + 07-27-030 • IRAS 13035 + 4159 • GC 3402 • H II 663 • h 1530 • |
NGC 4963 is a 13.4 likes bright radio galaxy from the Hubble type S in the constellation of the hunting dogs . It was discovered on April 9, 1787 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "pB, vS, stellar, near and north of a small star".