PGC 43462
| Galaxy LEDA / PGC 43462 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Berenike's hair |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 50 m 37.522 s |
| declination | + 27 ° 25 ′ 29.39 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S. |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 37 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.040982 ± 0.000053 |
| Radial velocity | 12,286 ± 16 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(549 ± 38) · 10 6 Lj (168.4 ± 11.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | March 3, 1867 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4728B • UGC 7992 • PGC 43462 • MCG + 05-30-100 • KUG 1248 + 276A • 2MASX J12503754 + 2725296 • HOLM 469B • WISEA J125037.53 + 272529.4 | |
LEDA / PGC 43462 (also NGC 4728B ) is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Coma Berenices in the northern sky . It is an estimated 549 million light years from the Milky Way and about 160,000 light years in diameter. Together with NGC 4728 , it forms the optical galaxy pair Holm 469 .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4715 , NGC 4721 , NGC 4745 .
The object was discovered on March 3, 1867 by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest .