NGC 4032
Galaxy NGC 4032 |
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SDSS image from NGC 4032 | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Berenike's hair |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 12 h 00 m 32.82 s |
declination | + 20 ° 04 ′ 26.2 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | In the: |
Brightness (visual) | 12.3 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 12.8 mag |
Angular expansion | 1.6 '× 1.2' |
Position angle | 171 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.004231 ± 0.000018 |
Radial velocity | 1268 ± 5 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(55 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (16.8 ± 1.2) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | William Herschel |
Discovery date | April 27, 1785 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 4032 • UGC 6995 • PGC 37860 • CGCG 098-019 • MCG + 03-31-010 • IRAS 11579 + 2021 • KUG 1157 + 203 • 2MASX J12003281 + 2004260 • GC 2664 • H II 404 • h 1049 • HIPASS J1200 + 20 • LDCE 904 NED001 • EVCC 73 |
NGC 4032 is an irregular galaxy of Hubble type in in the constellation Coma Berenices the northern sky . It is estimated to be 55 million light years from the Milky Way and about 25,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4042 , NGC 4053 , NGC 4055 , NGC 4056 .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on April 27, 1785 .