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Vinony's link graph records 660 inbound references to NGC 4753, and connects out to list of stars in Virgo, list of NGC objects (4001–5000) and NGC 4624.
It sits within the topics Astronomical objects discovered in 1784, Discoveries by William Herschel and IRAS catalogue objects.
Vinony links it to 28 Wikipedia language editions.
Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- GiG
- Redshift
- z = 0.004213
- Morphology
- SA
- Coordinates
- RA 193.0921° · Dec -1.1997°
via SIMBAD · CDS Strasbourg
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
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- lenticular galaxy
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Distance from Earth
- 17.93
- Image
- SDSS image NGC 4753.jpeg
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- time of discovery or invention
- 1784-02-22
- galaxy morphological type
- SA0
- Commons category
- NGC 4753
- catalog code
- [TSA98] J125221.70-011133.47
- right ascension
- 193.0921333
- discoverer or inventor
- William Herschel
- apparent magnitude
- 9.730
- declination
- -1.1996889
- redshift
- 0.004213
- radial velocity
- 1260
- epoch
- J2000.0
via Wikidata · CC0
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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.