NGC 4059
| Galaxy NGC 4059 / NGC 4070 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Berenike's hair |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| 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 |
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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 .