NGC 4963
| Galaxy NGC 4963 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| 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 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 |
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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".