NGC 4909 is an early spiral ring galaxy located 155 million light years from Earth in the constellation of Centaurus. The galaxy has a small, elongated and bright nucleus.
Ring galaxy in the constellation Centaurus
NGC 4909
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- Constellation
- Centaurus
- Right ascension
- 13h 03m 28s
- Declination
- -42° 54’ 25”
- Redshift
- 0.011285
- Apparent magnitude (V)
- 12.7
- Apparent magnitude (B)
- 13.63
- Surface brightness
- 23.7
- Magnitude (J)
- 11.14
- Magnitude (H)
- 10.43
- Magnitude (K)
- 10.13
- Type
- Spiral galaxy (SAa)
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