Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- GiG
- Redshift
- z = 0.017162
- Coordinates
- RA 196.2509° · Dec -47.2369°
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- spiral galaxy
- Constellation
- Centaurus
- Distance from Earth
- 60.34
- Image
- NGC 4940 2MASS.jpg
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- galaxy morphological type
- S0
- catalog code
- Gaia DR2 6086150425750114816
- discoverer or inventor
- John Frederick William Herschel
- time of discovery or invention
- 1837-03-03
- apparent magnitude
- 9.785
- right ascension
- 196.25094394369530
- declination
- -47.23685494168810
- redshift
- 0.017162
- radial velocity
- 5101
- epoch
- J2000.0
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