NGC 4060

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Galaxy
NGC 4060
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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 01.0 s
declination + 20 ° 20 ′ 17 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0  
Brightness  (visual) 14.6 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.6 mag
Angular expansion 0.5 '× 0.3'
Position angle 93 °
Surface brightness 12.4 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.022636 ± 0.000087  
Radial velocity 6786 ± 26 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(301 ± 21)  x  10 6  ly
(92.4 ± 6.5)  Mpc 
history
discovery Albert Marth
Discovery date March 18, 1865
Catalog names
NGC  4060 • PGC  38151 • CGCG  128-006 • 2MASX  J12040098 + 2020149 •

NGC 4060 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Haar der Berenike. It is estimated to be 301 million light years from the Milky Way .

The object was discovered by Albert Marth on March 18, 1865 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 4060
  3. Seligman