Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- GiG
- Redshift
- z = 0.004213
- Morphology
- SA
- Coordinates
- RA 193.0921° · Dec -1.1997°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Right ascension
- 12 52 22.0682
- Declination
- −01 ° 11 ′ 58.597 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 1163 ± 5 km/s
- Distance
- 72.0 ± 5.2 Mly (22.08 ± 1.59 Mpc )
- Group or cluster
- NGC 4753 Group
- Type
- S0 pec
- Size
- ~128,000 ly (39.24 kpc ) (estimated)
- Apparent size v
- 6.0 x 2.8
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 4753 is a lenticular galaxy located about 60 million light-years away in the constellation of Virgo. NGC 4753 was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on February 22, 1784. It is notable for having distinct dust lanes that surround its nucleus. It is a member of the NGC 4753 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.
Physical characteristics
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 4753” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.