NGC 4037

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Galaxy
NGC 4037
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NGC 4037 [1]
NGC 4037
AladinLite
Constellation Berenike's hair
Position
equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 12 h 01 m 23.670 s
declination + 13 ° 24 ′ 03.70 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SB (rs) b:  
Brightness  (visual) 11.9 likes
Brightness  (B-band) 12.7 mag
Angular expansion 2.4 'x 2.2'
Position angle 9 °
Surface brightness 13.5 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation NGC 4472 group
LGG 292  
Redshift 0.003109 ± 0.000023  
Radial velocity 932 ± 7 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0 		(39 ± 3)  x  10 6  ly
(11.9 ± 0.8)  Mpc 
history
discovery William Herschel
Discovery date April 8, 1784
Catalog names
NGC  4037 • UGC  7002 • PGC  37928 • CGCG  069-027 • MCG  + 02-31-015 • IRAS  11588 + 1340 • KUG  1158 + 136 • 2MASX  J12012368 + 1324041 • GC  2669 • H  III 77 • h  1051 • EVCC 80 • GALEX ASC J120123.68 + 132403.8 • HIPASS J1201 + 13 • WISEA J120123.66 + 132403.6

NGC 4037 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Coma Berenices in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 39 million light years from the Milky Way and about 30,000 light years across. Together with 126 other galaxies, it forms the NGC 4472 group ( LGG 292 ).
In the same area of ​​the sky is the galaxy NGC 4019 .

The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on April 8, 1784 .

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 4037
  4. ^ VizieR
  5. ↑ Seligman