NGC 4976 is a peculiar elliptical galaxy in the constellation Centaurus. It was detected with a 5" telescope working at 20x magnification by comet hunter Jack Bennett.[3]
NGC 4976 | |
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![]() NGC 4976 2MASS (near-infrared) | |
Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Centaurus |
Right ascension | 13h 08m 37.5s[1] |
Declination | −49° 30′ 23″[1] |
Redshift | 0.004847[1] |
Helio radial velocity | 1453 ± 24 km/s[1] |
Distance | 41 ± 17 Mly (12.5 ± 5.3 Mpc)[2] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 11.0[1] |
Characteristics | |
Type | E4 pec[1] |
Apparent size (V) | 5′.6 × 3′.0[1] |
Other designations | |
PGC 45562[1] |
New General Catalogue 4500 to 4999 | |
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