NGC 4050
| Galaxy NGC 4050 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Crow |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 02 m 53.9 s |
| declination | -16 ° 22 ′ 25 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (r) off |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.0 likes |
| Angular expansion | 3.0 '× 2.0' |
| Position angle | 85 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 263 |
| Redshift | 0.005874 ± 0.000027 |
| Radial velocity | (1761 ± 8) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(72 ± 5) x 10 6 ly (22.1 ± 1.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | December 31, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4050 • PGC 38049 • MCG -03-31-016 • IRAS 12003-1605 • 2MASX J12025395-1622249 • GC 2679 • H II 509 • LDCE 0856 NED012 | |
NGC 4050 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBab in the constellation Raven in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 72 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on December 31, 1785 .