NGC 4057
| Galaxy NGC 4057 / NGC 4065 |
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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 06.2 s |
| declination | + 20 ° 14 ′ 06 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 '× 1.0' |
| Position angle | 129 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.021101 ± 0.000090 |
| Radial velocity | 6326 ± 27 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(281 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (86.1 ± 6.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 27, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4057/4065 • UGC 7050 • PGC 38156 • CGCG 098-042 / 128-007 • MCG + 04-29-007 • 2MASX J12040616 + 2014059 • VV 179a • GC 2684/2689/2701 • H III 395 • h 1063 / 1067 • LDCE 0864 NED006 | |
NGC 4057 = NGC 4065 is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E in the constellation Haar der Berenike in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 281 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on April 27, 1785 .