NGC 4983
| Galaxy NGC 4983 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Berenike's hair |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 13 h 08 m 27.3 s |
| declination | + 28 ° 19 ′ 14 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 / a |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 123 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Coma galaxy clusters |
| Redshift | 0.021788 +/- 0.000080 |
| Radial velocity | 6532 +/- 24 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(293 ± 21) · 10 6 ly (89.7 ± 6.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 11, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4983 • PGC 45542 • CGCG 160-147 • MCG + 05-31-138 • 2MASX J13082728 + 2819139 • GC 3419 • H III 365 • LDCE 0926 NED077 | |
NGC 4983 is a 14.0 mag bright lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0-a in the constellation Haar der Berenike , located approximately 293 million light years from the Milky Way. It belongs to the Coma galaxy cluster and was discovered on April 11, 1785 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who only described it as “vF”.