NGC 4777

NGC 4777
legacy surveys image of NGC 4777
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Virgo
Right ascension	12h 53m 58.54196s [1]
Declination	−08° 46′ 32.5147″ [1]
Redshift	0.011905 [2]
Heliocentric radial velocity	3548 km/s [2]
Distance	175.1  Mly (53.70  Mpc) [3]
Apparent magnitude  (B)	14.5 [2]
Characteristics
Type	(R)SAB(s)a: [4]
Other designations
MCG -01-33-044, PGC 43852 [2]

NGC 4777 is an intermediate spiral ring galaxy. ^[4] It is estimated to be about 180 million light-years (or about 54 megaparsecs) away from the Sun. ^[3] It was discovered on March 3, 1786 by the astronomer William Herschel. ^[5]

References

1. 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. "NGC 4777". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 2021-02-03.
3. Tully, R. Brent; Courtois, Hélène M.; Sorce, Jenny G. (2016). "Cosmicflows-3". The Astronomical Journal. 152 (2): 21. arXiv: 1605.01765 . Bibcode:2016AJ....152...50T. doi: 10.3847/0004-6256/152/2/50 . S2CID   250737862. 50.
4. "Results for object NGC 4777 (NGC 4777)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2021-02-03.
5. Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 4750 - 4799". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2021-02-03.

External links

• NGC 4777 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images