NGC 4976 is a peculiar elliptical galaxy in the constellation Centaurus. It was discovered by British astronomer John Herschel on 31 March 1835.
Galaxy in the constellation Centaurus
NGC 4976
All data from the card 9
- Constellation
- Centaurus
- Right ascension
- 13h 08m 37.5s
- Declination
- −49° 30′ 23″
- Redshift
- 0.004847
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 1453 ± 24 km/s
- Distance
- 41 ± 17 Mly(12.5 ± 5.3 Mpc)
- Apparent magnitude (V)
- 11.0
- Type
- E4 pec
- Apparent size (V)
- 5.6′ × 3.0′
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