NGC 4976

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NGC 4976
NGC 4976 2MASS.jpg
NGC 4976 2MASS (near-infrared)
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Centaurus
Right ascension 13h 08m 37.5s [1]
Declination −49° 30 23 [1]
Redshift 0.004847 [1]
Helio radial velocity 1453 ± 24 km/s [1]
Distance 41 ± 17 Mly
(12.5 ± 5.3 Mpc) [2]
Apparent magnitude  (V)11.0 [1]
Characteristics
Type E4 pec [1]
Apparent size  (V)5.6 × 3.0 [1]
Other designations
PGC 45562 [1]

NGC 4976 is a peculiar elliptical galaxy in the constellation Centaurus. It was detected with a 5" telescope working at 20x magnification by comet hunter Jack Bennett. [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 4976. Retrieved 2 April 2007.
  2. "Distance Results for NGC 4976". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Retrieved 14 May 2010.
  3. "NGC 4976". astrosurf.com. Retrieved 4 July 2008.