NGC 4754

NGC 4754 is a barred lenticular galaxy located about 53 million light-years away[2] in the constellation of Virgo.[3] NGC 4754 was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on March 15, 1784.[4] It forms a non-interacting[5] pair with the edge-on lenticular galaxy NGC 4762.[6] NGC 4754 is a member of the Virgo Cluster.[7][6]

NGC 4754
SDSS image of NGC 4754
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Virgo
Right ascension	12^h 52^m 17.5^s[1]
Declination	11° 18′ 50″[1]
Redshift	0.004506/1351 km/s[1]
Distance	53,017,286 ly[1]
Group or cluster	Virgo Cluster
Apparent magnitude (V)	11.52[1]
Characteristics
Type	SB0^-(r)[1]
Size	~70,491.82 ly (estimated)[1]
Apparent size (V)	4.6 x 2.5[1]
Other designations
PGC 43656, UGC 8010, VCC 2092[1]

See also

• List of NGC objects (4001–5000)
• NGC 4477

References

1. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 4754. Retrieved 2017-09-20.
2. "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2017-09-20.
3. Rojas, Sebastián García. "Galaxy NGC 4754 - Barred Lenticular Galaxy in Virgo Constellation · Deep Sky Objects Browser". DSO Browser. Retrieved 2017-09-20.
4. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 4750 - 4799". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2017-09-25.
5. "Object of the Week May 18, 2014 The Flattest Galaxy NGC 4762". www.deepskyforum.com. Retrieved 2017-09-25.
6. "Detailed Object Classifications". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2017-09-25.
7. "APOD: 2005 May 12 - Stars, Galaxies, and Comet Tempel 1". apod.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2017-09-25.

External links

• Media related to NGC 4754 at Wikimedia Commons

• NGC 4754 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images