NGC 4680
Galaxy in the constellation Virgo From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Galaxy in the constellation Virgo From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
NGC 4680 is a spiral/lenticular galaxy in the constellation Virgo.[2] It is estimated to be 106 million light-years from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 45,000 ly.[3] In the same area of the sky there are, among other things: the galaxies NGC 4700 and NGC 4708.[citation needed] NGC 4680 was discovered on May 27, 1835, by John Herschel using an 18-inch reflecting telescope, who described it as "eF, S, has one or two small stars entangled in it".[4]
| NGC 4680 | |
|---|---|
NGC 4680 photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| Observation data | |
| Right ascension | 12h 46m 54,7s |
| Declination | −11° 38′ 13″ |
| Redshift | 0.008312 ± 0.000030 [1] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | (2492 ± 9) km/s |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 12,8 mag |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 13,7 mag |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | Pec [1] |
| Apparent size (V) | 1.4′ × 1.2′ |
| Other designations | |
| MCG -02-33-007, PGC 43118 | |
One supernova has been observed in NGC 4680, SN 1997bp, a type Ia supernova which had an apparent magnitude of 13.8 at discovery.[5]
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