NGC 4980
| Galaxy NGC 4980 |
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| Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Water snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 09 m 10.1 s |
| declination | -28 ° 38 ′ 30 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (rs) a / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.5 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.6 'x 0.7' |
| Position angle | 168 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.004767 ± 0.000007 |
| Radial velocity | 1429 ± 2 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(57 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (17.6 ± 1.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 30, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4980 • PGC 45596 • ESO 443-075 • MCG -05-31-037 • IRAS 13064-2822 • 2MASX J13091008-2838304 • SGC 130626-2822.4 • GC 3417 • h 3469 • AM 1306-282 • HIPASS J1309-28 | |
NGC 4980 is a bar-spiral galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type SBa in the constellation Hydra south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 57 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 25,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky is the galaxy NGC 4965 .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on March 30, 1835 .
Web links
Commons : NGC 4980 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
- SIMBAD Astronomical Database
- astronews.com: Picture of the day April 2, 2012