NGC 4286
| Galaxy NGC 4286 / IC 3181 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Berenike's hair |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 20 m 42.1 s |
| declination | + 29 ° 20 ′ 45 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (r) 0 / a: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.5 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 150 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Coma-I group WBL 399 |
| Redshift | 0.002148 ± 0.000050 |
| Radial velocity | 644 ± 15 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(29 ± 2) x 10 6 ly (8.81 ± 0.65) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 13, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4286 • IC 3181 • UGC 7398 • PGC 39846 • CGCG 158-083 • MCG + 05-29-065 • KUG 1218 + 296 • 2MASX J12204209 + 2920454 • GC 2861/2863 • H III 300 • GALEX ASC J122042.04 + 292044.8 • USGC U478 NED11 | |
NGC 4286 = IC 3181 is a lenticular dwarf galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Haar der Berenike in the northern sky . It is an estimated 29 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 15,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4274 , NGC 4278 , NGC 4283 , NGC 4310 .
The object was discovered on March 13, 1785 by the astronomer William Herschel using his 18.7 inch reflector telescope. On March 23, 1903, the galaxy was discovered by Max Wolf and recorded in the index catalog as IC 3181.
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