NGC 4139

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Galaxy
NGC 4139
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SDSS image of NGC 4139 (r.) And NGC 4140 (l.)
SDSS image of NGC 4139 (r.) And NGC 4140 (l.)
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Constellation Virgin
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 12 h 04 m 34.0 s
declination + 01 ° 48 ′ 06 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SB (rs) 0 ^ 0 ^  
Brightness  (visual) 13.7 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.7 mag
Angular expansion 1 ′ × 0.5 ′
Position angle 153 °
Surface brightness 12.8 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.018683 ± 0.000030  
Radial velocity (5601 ± 9) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(246 ± 17)  ·  10 6  ly
(75.4 ± 5.3)  Mpc 
history
discovery Heinrich d'Arrest
Discovery date August 10, 1863
Catalog names
NGC  4139 • IC  2989 • PGC  38213 • CGCG  013-061 • MCG  + 00-31-030 • 2MASX  J12043399 + 0148056 • LDCE 0863 NED007

NGC 4139 = IC 2989 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble-type S0 in the constellation Virgo. It is an estimated 246 million light years from the Milky Way .

The object was discovered by Heinrich d'Arrest on August 10, 1863 .

Web links

Commons : NGC 4139  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 4139
  3. Seligman