Astronomy:NGC 4777

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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Virgo
NGC 4777
NGC 4777 legacy dr10.jpg
legacy surveys image of NGC 4777
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationVirgo
Right ascension 12h 53m 58.54196s[1]
Declination−08° 46′ 32.5147″[1]
Redshift0.011905[2]
Helio radial velocity3548 km/s[2]
Distance175.1 Mly (53.70 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (B)14.5[2]
Characteristics
Type(R)SAB(s)a:[4]
Other designations
MCG-01-33-044, PGC 43852[2]

NGC 4777 is an intermediate spiral ring galaxy.[4] It is estimated to be about 180 million light-years (or about 54 Megaparsecs) away from the Sun.[3] It was discovered on March 3, 1786 by the astronomer William Herschel.[5]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Brown, A. G. A. (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics 616: A1. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051. Bibcode2018A&A...616A...1G. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "NGC 4777". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+4777. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Tully, R. Brent; Courtois, Hélène M.; Sorce, Jenny G. (2016). "Cosmicflows-3". The Astronomical Journal 152 (2): 21. doi:10.3847/0004-6256/152/2/50. 50. Bibcode2016AJ....152...50T. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 "Results for object NGC 4777 (NGC 4777)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC%204777&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1. Retrieved 2021-02-03. 
  5. Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 4750 - 4799". http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc47a.htm#4777. Retrieved 2021-02-03. 

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