NGC 4049

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Galaxy
NGC 4049
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NGC 4049 [1] SDSS image
NGC 4049 SDSS image
AladinLite
Constellation Berenike's hair
Position
equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 12 h 02 m 54.70 s
declination + 18 ° 45 ′ 09.0 ″
Appearance
Morphological type I?  
Brightness  (visual) 13.9 likes
Brightness  (B-band) 14.5 mag
Angular expansion 0.9 ′ × 0.6 ′
Position angle 52 °
Surface brightness 13.1 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.002765 ± 0.000037  
Radial velocity 829 ± 11 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0 		(35 ± 3)  x  10 6  ly
(10.7 ± 0.8)  Mpc 
history
discovery Wilhelm Herschel
Discovery date April 27, 1785
Catalog names
NGC  4049 • UGC  7027 • PGC  38050 • CGCG  098-031 • MCG  + 03-31-021 • IRAS  F12003 + 1901 • KUG  1200 + 190 • GC  2678 • H  III 390 • h  1060 • GALEX ASC J120254.82 + 184510.8 • WISEA J120254.63 + 184510.1 • EVCC 85

NGC 4049 is a spiral dwarf galaxy of the Hubble type Sd in the constellation Coma Berenices in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 35 million light years from the Milky Way and about <10,000 light years in diameter.

In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4040 , NGC 4048 , NGC 4053 , NGC 4064 .

The object was discovered on April 27, 1785 by the astronomer Wilhelm 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 4049
  4. ↑ Seligman