NGC 4657
NGC 4657 is a Magellanic spiral galaxy located in the constellation Canes Venatici. Some key stats include:
NGC: | NGC 4657 |
Type: | galaxy |
Duplicate cross-reference: | NGC 4656 NED02 |
Galaxy type: | Magellanic spiral |
Galaxy morph class: | Sm |
Constellation: | Canes Venatici |
Surface brightness: | 23.6 mag/arcsec2 |
B-magnitude (blue): | 14.5 |
Right Ascension: | 12:44:07.10 |
Declination: | 32:12:31.50 |
Major axis: | 1.86 ' |
Minor axis: | 0.63 ' |
Angle (major axis): | 71° |
Radial velocity: | 613 km/s |
Redshift: | 0.002048 |
Right Ascension units = HH:MM:SS.SS
Declination units = DD:MM:SS.SS
PN = planetary nebula