NGC 4608 information

NGC 4608
NGC 4608
	SDSS image of NGC 4608.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Virgo
Right ascension	12h 41m 13.286s
Declination	+10° 09′ 20.38″
Redshift	0.00617
Heliocentric radial velocity	1850 km/s
Distance	56.4 ± 2.6 Mly (17.3 ± 0.8 Mpc)
Group or cluster	Virgo Cluster
Apparent magnitude (V)	11.97
Characteristics
Type	SB00(r)
Size	~53,105.36 ly (estimated)
Apparent size (V)	3.2′ × 2.7′
Other designations
	UGC 7842, MCG +02-32-177, PGC 42545

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NGC 4608 is a barred lenticular galaxy located in the constellation of Virgo. The galaxy was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on March 15, 1784.^[3] At about 56 million light-years (17.3 megaparsecs) away,^[2] it is a member of the Virgo Cluster.^[4]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Results for object NGC 4608 (NGC 4608)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2021-04-26.
^ ^a ^b Erwin, Peter; Seth, Anil; Debattista, Victor P.; Seidel, Marja; Mehrgan, Kianusch; Thomas, Jens; Saglia, Roberto; De Lorenzo-Cáceres, Adriana; MacIejewski, Witold; Fabricius, Maximilian; Méndez-Abreu, Jairo; Hopp, Ulrich; Kluge, Matthias; Beckman, John E.; Bender, Ralf; Drory, Niv; Fisher, Deanne (2021). "Composite bulges – II. Classical bulges and nuclear discs in barred galaxies: The contrasting cases of NGC 4608 and NGC 4643". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 502 (2): 2446–2473. arXiv:2101.05321. Bibcode:2021MNRAS.502.2446E. doi:10.1093/mnras/stab126.
^ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 4600 - 4649". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2017-09-03.
^ "Detailed Object Classifications". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2017-09-04.

[ned-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Results for object NGC 4608 (NGC 4608)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2021-04-26.

[Erwin-2] Erwin, Peter; Seth, Anil; Debattista, Victor P.; Seidel, Marja; Mehrgan, Kianusch; Thomas, Jens; Saglia, Roberto; De Lorenzo-Cáceres, Adriana; MacIejewski, Witold; Fabricius, Maximilian; Méndez-Abreu, Jairo; Hopp, Ulrich; Kluge, Matthias; Beckman, John E.; Bender, Ralf; Drory, Niv; Fisher, Deanne (2021). "Composite bulges – II. Classical bulges and nuclear discs in barred galaxies: The contrasting cases of NGC 4608 and NGC 4643". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 502 (2): 2446–2473. arXiv:2101.05321. Bibcode:2021MNRAS.502.2446E. doi:10.1093/mnras/stab126.

[:0-3] "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 4600 - 4649". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2017-09-03.

[4] "Detailed Object Classifications". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2017-09-04.

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