NGC 4967
| Galaxy NGC 4967 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big Bear |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 05 m 36.4 s |
| declination | + 53 ° 33 ′ 51 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.5 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 139 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.029530 +/- 0.000030 |
| Radial velocity | 8853 +/- 9 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(400 ± 28) · 10 6 ly (122.6 ± 8.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 14, 1789 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4967 • PGC 45281 • CGCG 270-050, 271-006 • MCG + 09-22-005 • GC 3406 • H III 783 • h 1533 • LDCE 0942 NED002 | |
NGC 4967 is a 14.2 likes bright elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E in the constellation Ursa Major , which is about 400 million light-years from the Milky Way's center. Together with NGC 4973 and NGC 4974 , they were discovered as the brightest members of a small group of six or seven galaxies in a single observation on April 14, 1789 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflecting telescope, which was "place is." that of the 2nd, the other is 3 ′ or 4 ′ south-preceding "noted.