Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- H2G
- Redshift
- z = 0.007967227179902725
- Morphology
- SAB
- Coordinates
- RA 184.9836° · Dec 5.3434°
via SIMBAD · CDS Strasbourg
Key facts
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Right ascension
- 12 19 56.0407
- Declination
- +05 ° 20 ′ 36.497 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 2381 ± 2 km/s
- Distance
- 94.72 ± 4.68 Mly (29.040 ± 1.435 Mpc )
- Group or cluster
- NGC 4235 group (LGG 281)
- Type
- SB(s)c
- Size
- ~68,900 ly (21.12 kpc ) (estimated)
- Apparent size v
- 2.3′ × 1.5′
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- spiral galaxy
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Distance from Earth
- 19.72
- Image
- NGC 4273 imaged by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory.png
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- catalog code
- LEDA 39738
- discoverer or inventor
- William Herschel
- time of discovery or invention
- 1786-04-17
- apparent magnitude
- 9.114
- galaxy morphological type
- Sc(dSc)
- right ascension
- 184.9835958
- declination
- 5.3433667
- redshift
- 0.007932
- radial velocity
- 2335
- epoch
- J2000.0
- Commons category
- NGC 4273
Sources (1)
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 4273 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation of Virgo. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 2727 ± 24 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 131.2 ± 9.3 Mly (40.23 ± 2.84 Mpc). However, 20 non-redshift measurements give a much closer distance of 94.72 ± 4.68 Mly (29.040 ± 1.435 Mpc). It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 17 April 1786.
According to A.M. Garcia, NGC 4273 is a member of the NGC 4235 [fr] group (also known as LGG 281). This galaxy group contains at least 29 members, of which 18 appear in the New General Catalogue and 4 in the Index Catalogue.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 4273” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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