NGC 4235
| Galaxy NGC 4235 / IC 3098 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 17 m 09.9 s |
| declination | + 07 ° 11 ′ 30 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sa (s) a / Sy1 |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 4.2 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 48 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster LGG 281 |
| Redshift | 0.008039 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 2410 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(104 ± 7) · 10 6 ly (32.0 ± 2.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | January 23, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4235 • IC 3098 • UGC 7310 • PGC 39389 • CGCG 041-062 • MCG + 01-31-036 • IRAS F12146 + 0728 • 2MASX J12170991 + 0711299 • VCC 222 • GC 2821 • H II 17 • h 1159 • GALEX ASC J121709.88 + 071128.8 • HOLM 359A • LDCE 904 NED030 | |
NGC 4235 = IC 3098 is a spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type Sa in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 104 million light years from the Milky Way and about 135,000 light years in diameter. It is listed as a member of the Virgo galaxy cluster under catalog number VCC 222 . Together with NGC 4246 and NGC 4247 , it forms the galaxy trio Holm 359 .
The galaxies NGC 4223 , NGC 4224 , NGC 4233 , NGC 4241 are located in the same area of the sky .
Detailed image of the center, Hubble Space Telescope
The object was discovered on January 23, 1784 by the astronomer William Herschel with the help of his 18.7-inch telescope and cataloged as NGC 4235 . The IC 3098 entry goes back to the astronomer Arnold Schwassmann , who observed the object on October 30, 1899.
