Astronomy:NGC 4260
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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Virgo
| NGC 4260 | |
|---|---|
 Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 4260 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Virgo |
| Right ascension | 12h 19m 22s[1] |
| Declination | +06° 05′ 55″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.006531[2] |
| Helio radial velocity | 1958 ± 10 km/s[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 13.1[1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SB(s)a[2] |
| Other designations | |
| NGC 4260, UGC 7361, MCG+01-31-054, PGC 39656[1] | |
NGC 4260 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Virgo. It was discovered by William Herschel on April 13, 1784.[3]
Gallery
NGC 4260 (SDSS DR14)
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "NGC 4260". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+4260.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+4260&extend=no&hconst=73&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES.
- ↑ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 4250 - 4299". https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc42a.htm#4260.
External links
- NGC 4260 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images
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