NGC 4012
| Galaxy NGC 4012 |
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![NGC 4012 [1] SDSS image](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC4012_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 4012 SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 11 h 58 m 27.529 s |
| declination | + 10 ° 01 ′ 17.40 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.90 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 153 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | isolated |
| Redshift | 0.013953 ± 0.000002 |
| Radial velocity | 4183 ± 1 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(183 ± 13) · 10 6 ly (56.2 ± 3.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | March 25, 1865 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4012 • UGC 6960 • PGC 37686 • CGCG 069-009 • MCG + 02-31-006 • 2MASX J11582752 + 1001169 • NSA 169820 • WISEA J115827.52 + 100117.3 • 2MIG 1662 • SIG 938 | |
NGC 4012 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb in the constellation Virgo to the ecliptic . It is an estimated 183 million light years from the Milky Way and about 105,000 light years in diameter.
The type II supernovae SN 2004aq and SN 2005J were observed here.
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on March 25, 1865 .