NGC 4996
| Galaxy NGC 4996 |
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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 09 m 31.9 s |
| declination | + 00 ° 51 ′ 25 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R) SB0 + |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.8 ′ × 1.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 40 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.018156 ± 0.000077 |
| Radial velocity | 5443 ± 23 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(240 ± 17) · 10 6 ly (73.6 ± 5.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | March 28, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4996 • UGC 8235 • PGC 45629 • CGCG 016-011 • MCG + 00-34-009 • GC 5720 • | |
NGC 4996 is a 13.1 mag bright low surface brightness galaxy of the Hubble type SB0-a in the constellation of Virgo in the northern sky . The object is an estimated 240 million light years from the Milky Way .
It was discovered by Albert Marth on March 28, 1864 .