PGC 1170468
| Galaxy LEDA / PGC 1170468 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 31 m 11.046 s |
| declination | + 00 ° 36 ′ 22.40 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA? 0 / pec |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.40 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.023153 ± 0.000083 |
| Radial velocity | 6941 ± 25 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(306 ± 22) · 10 6 ly (93.8 ± 6.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4493-2 • PGC 1170468 • CGCG 014-056 N02 • MCG + 00-32-017 N02 • 2MASX J12311102 + 0036226 • 2MASS J12311104 + 0036225 • NSA 1494 • WISEA J123111.04 + 003622.4 | |
LEDA / PGC 1170468 (also NGC 4493-2 ) is a compact galaxy of Hubble type C in the constellation Virgo the northern sky . It is estimated to be 306 million light years from the Milky Way and about 35,000 light years across . Together with NGC 4493 it forms a close gravitationally bound galaxy pair.
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 4437 .