NGC 4088
| Galaxy  NGC 4088  | 
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| NGC 4088 SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big Bear | 
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Position  equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0  | 
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| Right ascension | 12 h 05 m 34.2 s | 
| declination | + 50 ° 32 ′ 21 ″ | 
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (rs) bc / HII | 
| Brightness (visual) | 10.3 mag | 
| Brightness (B-band) | 11.1 mag | 
| Angular expansion | 5.6 '× 2.1' | 
| Position angle | 43 ° | 
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² | 
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 258 | 
| Redshift | 0.002524 ± 0.000004 | 
| Radial velocity | (757 ± 1) km / s | 
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Stroke distance  v rad / H 0  | 
(37 ± 3)  x  10 6  ly (11.3 ± 0.8) Mpc  | 
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel | 
| Discovery date | March 9, 1788 | 
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4088 • UGC 7081 • PGC 38302 • CGCG 269-033 • MCG + 09-20-89 • IRAS 12030 + 5049 • 2MASX J12053418 + 5032205 • Arp 18 • VV 357 • GC 2708 • H I 206 • | |
NGC 4088 = Arp 18 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation Great Bear in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 37 million light years from the Milky Way and about 60,000 light years in diameter. The galaxy shows noticeable deformations of the spiral arms , possibly caused by NGC 4085, which is located at a similar distance .
Halton Arp organized his catalog of unusual galaxies into groups according to purely morphological criteria. This galaxy belongs to the class spiral galaxies with separated sections (Arp catalog) .
The supernovae SN 1991G (Type IIP) and SN 2009dd (Type II) were observed here.
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on March 9, 1788 .
literature
- Jeff Kanipe and Dennis Webb: The Arp Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies - A Chronicle and Observer's Guide , Richmond 2006, ISBN 978-0-943396-76-7
 
Web links
Commons : NGC 4088  - collection of images, videos, and audio files
- Spektrum.de : Amateur recordings [1] [2]
 - Arp Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies
 - Seligman Arp