| NGC 4780 | |
|---|---|
 legacy surveys image of NGC 4780 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Virgo |
| Right ascension | 12 54 05.240 |
| Declination | −08° 37′ 15.97″ |
| Redshift | 0.011762 |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 3505.5 km/s |
| Distance | 166.3 Mly (51.00 Mpc) |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 13.2 |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SAB(rs)c |
| Other designations | |
| MCG -01-33-045, PGC 43870 | |
NGC 4780 is an intermediate spiral galaxy within the constellation Virgo. It is located about 166 million light-years (51 Megaparsecs) away from the Sun. It was discovered in 1880 by the astronomer Wilhelm Tempel.
References
- ^ Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W.; Chester, Thomas; Elias, Jonathan H.; Huchra, John P.; Liebert, James W.; Lonsdale, Carol J.; Monet, David G.; Price, Stephan; Seitzer, Patrick; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Fullmer, Linda; Hurt, Robert L.; Light, Robert M.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Tam, Robert; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Wheelock, Sherry L. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. S2CID 18913331.
- ^ "NGC 4780". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
- ^ 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. arXiv:astro-ph/0610732. Bibcode:2007ApJ...655..790C. doi:10.1086/510201. S2CID 11672751.
- "Results for object NGC 4780 (NGC 4780)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
- Sky Factory NGC 4780
- Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 4750 - 4799". cseligman.com. 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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