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NGC 4780

NGC 4780
legacy surveys image of NGC 4780
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationVirgo
Right ascension12h 54m 05.240s[1]
Declination−08° 37′ 15.97″[1]
Redshift0.011762[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity3505.5 km/s[2]
Distance166.3 Mly (51.00 Mpc)[2][3]
Apparent magnitude (B)13.2[2]
Characteristics
TypeSAB(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. ^ a b 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.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "NGC 4780". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
  3. ^ a b 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.
  4. ^ "Results for object NGC 4780 (NGC 4780)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2021-02-02.
  5. ^ Sky Factory NGC 4780
  6. ^ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 4750 - 4799". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2021-02-02.