NGC 4050
Galaxy NGC 4050 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | Crow |
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 |
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 .