| NGC 4727 | |
|---|---|
 NGC 4727 (center) with NGC 4724 (right) | |
| Observation data (J2000epoch) | |
| Constellation | Corvus |
| Right ascension | 12h 50m 57.2497s[1] |
| Declination | −14° 19′ 58.350″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.025001[1] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 7,495±0 km/s[1] |
| Distance | 376.7 ± 26.4 Mly (115.49 ± 8.09 Mpc)[1] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 11.8[1] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SAB(r)bc pec?[1] |
| Size | ~251,400 ly (77.07 kpc) (estimated)[1] |
| Apparent size (V) | 1.6′ × 1.2′[1] |
| Other designations | |
| HOLM 470A,IRAS 12483-1403,NGC 4740,MCG -02-33-023,PGC 43499[1] | |
NGC 4727 is a largebarred spiral galaxy in theconstellation ofCorvus. Its velocity with respect to thecosmic microwave background for is7,830±23 km/s, which corresponds to aHubble distance of 376.7 ± 26.4 Mly (115.49 ± 8.09 Mpc).[1] It was discovered by German-British astronomerWilliam Herschel on 8 February 1785.[2] It was also observed byLewis Swift on 27 April 1887, causing it to be listed twice in theNew General Catalogue, as NGC 4727 and as NGC 4740.[2]
NGC 4727 andNGC 4724 are listed together asHolm 470 inErik Holmberg'sA Study of Double and Multiple Galaxies Together with Inquiries into some General Metagalactic Problems, published in 1937.[3]
Twosupernovae have been observed in NGC 4727:
Media related toNGC 4727 at Wikimedia Commons
