NGC 4969
| Galaxy NGC 4969 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 07 m 03.0 s |
| declination | + 13 ° 38 ′ 13 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E-S0 S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.9 mag 14.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag 15.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.6 ′ 0.3 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² 11.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.027559 +/- 0.000147 |
| Radial velocity | 8262 +/- 44 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(368 ± 26) · 10 6 ly (112.8 ± 7.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Edward Swift |
| Discovery date | April 27, 1887 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4969 • PGC 45425 • CGCG 072-004 • MCG + 02-33-055 • KPG 365 | |
NGC 4969 is a gravitationally connected twin galaxy in the constellation of Virgo . It is an estimated 368 million light years from the Milky Way . NGC 4969-1 is a 13.9 mag bright elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E-S0 and NGC 4969-2 is a 14.7 mag bright lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0.
The galaxy pair was discovered by Edward D. Swift on April 27, 1887 .
Web links
- NGC 4969. SIMBAD, accessed February 23, 2015 .
- NGC 4969. DSO Browser, accessed February 23, 2015 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 4969. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on February 23, 2015 .