NGC 4032

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Galaxy
NGC 4032
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SDSS image from NGC 4032 [1]
SDSS image from NGC 4032
AladinLite
Constellation Berenike's hair
Position
equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
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 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. ↑ a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. ↑ a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 4032
  4. ↑ Seligman