NGC 4665
NGC 4665, also catalogued as NGC 4624 and NGC 4664, is a barred lenticular or spiral galaxy located in the constellation Virgo. It is a member of the Virgo II Groups, a series of galaxies and galaxy clusters strung out from the southern edge of the Virgo Supercluster. It is located at a distance of circa 60 million light years from Earth, which, given its apparent dimensions, means that NGC 4665 is about 75,000 light years across. NGC 4665 lies 2 and 3/4 degrees east-south east of Delta Virginis and 50 arcminutes southwest of 35 Virginis. It can be viewed through a moderately sized telescope with 23x magnification, forming a pair with an 11th magnitude star 1.5 arcminutes southwest. It is part of the Herschel 400 Catalogue.
| NGC 4665 | |
|---|---|
NGC 4665 by SDSS | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Virgo |
| Right ascension | 12h 45m 06s |
| Declination | +03° 03′ 21″ |
| Redshift | 0.003042 ± 0.000017 |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 912 ± 5 km/s |
| Distance | 58 Mly (17.9 Mpc) |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 10.3 |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SB(s)0/a |
| Apparent size (V) | 3.8′ × 3.2′ |
| Other designations | |
| NGC 4624, NGC 4664, UGC 7924, CGCG 043-018, MCG +01-33-005, PGC 42970 | |
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