Astronomy:NGC 4780
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Short description: Spiral galaxy in the constellation Virgo
| NGC 4780 | |
|---|---|
 legacy surveys image of NGC 4780 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Virgo |
| Right ascension | 12h 54m 05.240s[1] |
| Declination | −08° 37′ 15.97″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.011762[2] |
| Helio radial velocity | 3505.5 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 166.3 Mly (51.00 Mpc)[2][3] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 13.2[2] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SAB(rs)c[4] |
| Other designations | |
| MCG-01-33-045, PGC 43870[2] | |
NGC 4780 is an intermediate spiral galaxy within the constellation Virgo.[5] It is located about 166 million light-years (51 Megaparsecs) away from the Sun.[2][3] It was discovered in 1880 by the astronomer Wilhelm Tempel.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W. et al. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal 131 (2): 1163–1183. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. Bibcode: 2006AJ....131.1163S.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 "NGC 4780". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+4780.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Crook, Aidan C.; Huchra, John P.; Martimbeau, Nathalie; Masters, Karen L.; Jarrett, Tom; Macri, Lucas M. (2007). "Groups of Galaxies in the Two Micron All Sky Redshift Survey". The Astrophysical Journal 655 (2): 790–813. doi:10.1086/510201. Bibcode: 2007ApJ...655..790C.
- ↑ "Results for object NGC 4780 (NGC 4780)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC%204780&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
- ↑ Sky Factory NGC 4780
- ↑ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 4750 - 4799". http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc47a.htm#4780. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
External links
- NGC 4780 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images
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