NGC 4011

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Galaxy
NGC 4011
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NGC 4011 with LEDA 1726138 (o) [1] SDSS image
NGC 4011 with LEDA 1726138 (o) SDSS image
AladinLite
Constellation lion
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 11 h 58 m 25.431 s
declination + 25 ° 05 ′ 51.54 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0  
Brightness  (visual) 14.7 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.7 mag
Angular expansion 0.40 ′ × 0.2 ′
Position angle 39 °
Surface brightness 11.8 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation WBL 368  
Redshift 0.013780 ± 0.000574  
Radial velocity 4131 ± 172 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(183 ± 15)  ·  10 6  ly
(56.2 ± 4.6)  Mpc 
history
discovery Johan Dreyer
Discovery date April 26, 1878
Catalog names
NGC  4011 • PGC  37674 • CGCG  127-121 • 2MASX  J11582545 + 2505521 • GALEX ASC J115825.48 + 250551.0 • NSA 119545

NGC 4011 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 183 million light years from the Milky Way and about 20,000 light years across.
In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 3999 , NGC 4000 , NGC 4005 , NGC 4015 .

The object was discovered by Johan Dreyer on April 26, 1878 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 4011
  4. Seligman