Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- GiG
- Redshift
- z = 0.00411
- Morphology
- SA
- Coordinates
- RA 183.2171° · Dec 1.2997°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Right ascension
- 12 12 52.11142
- Declination
- +01 ° 17 ′ 58.9523 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 1230 km/s
- Distance
- 57 Mly (17.6 Mpc )
- Group or cluster
- Virgo Cluster
- Type
- S0
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- lenticular galaxy
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Distance from Earth
- 18.90
- Image
- NGC4179 - SDSS DR14.jpg
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- catalog code
- Gaia DR2 3699384185358698112
- discoverer or inventor
- William Herschel
- time of discovery or invention
- 1784-01-14
- apparent magnitude
- 10.331
- galaxy morphological type
- S0
- right ascension
- 183.21713092333390
- declination
- 1.29970897585640
- radial velocity
- 1230
- redshift
- 0.004190
- epoch
- J2000.0
- Commons category
- NGC 4179
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 4179 is a lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Virgo. It was discovered by William Herschel on January 14, 1784. It is a member of the NGC 4179 Group of galaxies, which is a member of the Virgo II Groups, a series of galaxies and galaxy clusters strung out from the southern edge of the Virgo Supercluster.
References
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 4179” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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