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Vinony's link graph records 656 inbound references to NGC 4939, and connects out to list of stars in Virgo, list of NGC objects (4001–5000) and NGC 4624.
It is catalogued under topics including Astronomical objects discovered in 1786, Discoveries by William Herschel and IRAS catalogue objects.
Vinony links it to 30 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Right ascension
- 13 04 14.3133
- Declination
- −10 ° 20 ′ 22.417 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 3166 ± 2 km / s
- Distance
- 118 ± 30 Mly (36.1 ± 9.4 Mpc )
- Type
- SA(s)bc
- Size
- ~192,800 ly (59.10 kpc ) (estimated)
- Apparent size v
- 5.5 ′ × 2.8 ′
- Notable features
- Seyfert galaxy
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- spiral galaxy
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Distance from Earth
- 34
- Image
- Ngc4939-hst-606.png
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- Commons category
- NGC 4939
- galaxy morphological type
- Sbc
- catalog code
- Gaia DR2 3623002109009541760
- discoverer or inventor
- William Herschel
- time of discovery or invention
- 1786-03-25
- apparent magnitude
- 8.435
- right ascension
- 196.05970067593720
- declination
- -10.33953235617260
- radial velocity
- 3111
- redshift
- 0.0097
- epoch
- J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 4939 is a large spiral galaxy located in the constellation Virgo. It is located at a distance of about 120 million light years from Earth, which, given its apparent dimensions, means that NGC 4939 is about 190,000 light years across. It was discovered by William Herschel on March 25, 1786.
Characteristics
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 4939” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.