NGC 4059

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Galaxy
NGC 4059 / NGC 4070
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Berenike's hair
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 12 h 04 m 11.3 s
declination + 20 ° 34 ′ 35 ″
Appearance
Morphological type E.  
Brightness  (visual) 13.2 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.2 mag
Angular expansion 1.0 '× 1.0'
Surface brightness 13.3 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.024060 ± 0.000080  
Radial velocity 7213 ± 24 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(321 ± 23)  x  10 6  ly
(98.3 ± 6.9)  Mpc 
history
discovery Wilhelm Herschel
Discovery date April 27, 1785
Catalog names
NGC  4059/4070 • UGC  7052 • PGC  38169 • CGCG  128-009 • MCG  + 04-29-009 • 2MASX  J12041129 + 2024351 • GC  2685/2694 • H  III 391 • h  1064/1071 • LDCE 0864 NED008

NGC 4059 = NGC 4070 is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E in the constellation Haar der Berenike in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 321 million light years from the Milky Way .

The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on April 27, 1785 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d SEDS : NGC 4059
  3. Seligman