NGC 4985
| Galaxy NGC 4985 |
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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 08 m 12.1 s |
| declination | + 41 ° 40 ′ 35 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 1.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 135 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.028089 +/- 0.000107 |
| Radial velocity | 8421 +/- 32 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(379 ± 26) · 10 6 ly (116.2 ± 8.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 9, 1787 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4985 • UGC 8218 • PGC 45522 • CGCG 217-012 • MCG + 07-27-032 • GC 3422 • H III 654 • h 1539 • | |
NGC 4985 is a 13.8 likes bright radio galaxy from the Hubble type S0 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 "vF, vS, lbM".