NGC 4650A
NGC 4650A is a polar-ring lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Centaurus. It should not be confused with the spiral galaxy NGC 4650, which shares almost the same radial distance as NGC 4650A. The real distance between both galaxies is only about 6 times the optical radius of NGC 4650.
| NGC 4650A | |
|---|---|
A Hubble Space Telescope (HST) image of NGC 4650A | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Centaurus |
| Right ascension | 12h 44m 49.0s |
| Declination | −40° 42′ 52″ |
| Redshift | 2880 ± 3 km/s |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 13.9 |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | S0/a pec / Polar-ring galaxy |
| Apparent size (V) | 1.6′ × 0.8′ |
| Other designations | |
| PGC 42951 | |
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