NGC 4178
Galaxy NGC 4178 |
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SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Virgin |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 12 h 12 m 46.4 s |
declination | + 10 ° 51 ′ 57 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | SB (rs) dm / HII |
Brightness (visual) | 11.3 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 12.0 mag |
Angular expansion | 5.0 '× 1.7' |
Position angle | 30 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.001248 ± 0.000002 |
Radial velocity | 374 ± 1 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(14 ± 1) x 10 6 ly (4.2 ± 0.3) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | John Herschel |
Discovery date | April 11, 1825 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 4178 • IC 3042 • UGC 7215 • PGC 38943 • CGCG 069-088 • MCG + 02-31-050 • IRAS 12102 + 1108 • 2MASX J12124644 + 1051575 • VCC 66 • GC 2775 • h 1125 • LDCE 0904 NED010 |
NGC 4178 = IC 3042 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBcd in the constellation Virgo. It is estimated to be 14 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on April 11, 1825 by John Herschel .