NGC 4500

Summary

NGC 4500 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major. The galaxy was discovered on April 17, 1789 by William Herschel.[6] It is a blue compact galaxy.[2]

NGC 4500
HST image of NGC 4500 (upper left)
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationUrsa Major
Right ascension12h 31m 22.15431s[1]
Declination+57° 57′ 52.6226″[1]
Redshift0.0110[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity3280 km/s[2]
Distance157.5 Mly (48.30 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (V)12.52[4]
Apparent magnitude (B)13.12[4]
Characteristics
TypeSB(s)a[5]
Other designations
UGC 7667, MCG +10-18-062, Mrk 213, PGC 41436[2]

Its distance from Earth is approximately 50 million parsecs.[3]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b Brown, A. G. A.; et al. (Gaia collaboration) (August 2018). "Gaia Data Release 2: Summary of the contents and survey properties". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 616. A1. arXiv:1804.09365. Bibcode:2018A&A...616A...1G. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201833051.
  2. ^ a b c d "NGC 4500". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
  3. ^ a b Crook, Aidan C.; Huchra, John P.; Martimbeau, Nathalie; Masters, Karen L.; Jarrett, Tom; Macri, Lucas M. (2007). "Groups of Galaxies in the Two Micron All Sky Redshift Survey". The Astrophysical Journal. 655 (2): 790–813. arXiv:astro-ph/0610732. Bibcode:2007ApJ...655..790C. doi:10.1086/510201. S2CID 11672751.
  4. ^ a b "Search specification: NGC 4500". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
  5. ^ "Results for object NGC 4500 (NGC 4500)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2021-02-04.
  6. ^ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 4500 - 4549". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2017-08-11.

External links edit

  •   Media related to NGC 4500 at Wikimedia Commons
  • Deep Sky Catalog