NGC 4055
| Galaxy NGC 4055 / NGC 4061 |
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| SDSS image of NGC 4055 (r.) And NGC 4057 (l.) | |
| 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 01.5 s |
| declination | + 20 ° 13 ′ 56 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 '× 0.9' |
| Position angle | 171 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.024027 ± 0.000090 |
| Radial velocity | 7203 ± 27 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(320 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (98.1 ± 6.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 27, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4055/4061 • UGC 7044 • PGC 38146 • CGCG 098-040 / 128-005 • MCG + 04-29-006 • 2MASX J12040140 + 2013559 / J12040147 + 2013489 • VV 179b • GC 2683/2686 • H III 394 • h 1062/1065 • LDCE 0864 NED005 | |
NGC 4055 = NGC 4061 is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E in the constellation Haar der Berenike in the northern sky . It is an estimated 320 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on April 27, 1785 .