NGC 4048

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Galaxy
NGC 4048
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NGC 4048 with SDSS J120252.32 + 180030.0 (lu) & LEDA 1547969 (ro) [1] SDSS image
NGC 4048 with SDSS J120252.32 + 180030.0 (lu) & LEDA 1547969 (ro) SDSS image
AladinLite
Constellation Berenike's hair
Position
equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 12 h 02 m 50.188 s
declination + 18 ° 00 ′ 56.06 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0 / HII  
Brightness  (visual) 14.0 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.9 mag
Angular expansion 0.6 ′ × 0.5 ′
Position angle 92 °
Surface brightness 12.5 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.016058 ± 0.000033  
Radial velocity 4814 ± 10 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0 		(213 ± 15)  ·  10 6  ly
(65.3 ± 4.6)  Mpc 
history
discovery John Herschel
Discovery date March 23, 1827
Catalog names
NGC  4048 • UGC  7023 • PGC  38040 • CGCG  098-030 • MCG  + 03-31-020 • IRAS  12001 + 0215 • KUG  1200 + 182 • 2MASX  J12025025 + 1800559 • VV  384 • GC  2677 • h  1059 • 2MASS J12025023 + 1800558 • NSA 140656 • NVSS J120250 + 180056

NGC 4048 is a galaxy of Hubble type S? with extensive star formation areas in the constellation Coma Berenices in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 213 million light years from the Milky Way and about 40,000 light years across. Together with SDSS J120252.32 + 180030.0 and PGC 1547969 , it forms an optical galaxy trio .
In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4040 , NGC 4049 , NGC 4064 .

The object was discovered on March 23, 1827 by the astronomer John Herschel .

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 4048
  4. ↑ Seligman