NGC 4066
| Galaxy NGC 4066 |
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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 09.4 s |
| declination | + 20 ° 20 ′ 53 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 '× 1.2' |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.024567 ± 0.000097 |
| Radial velocity | 7365 ± 29 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(327 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (100.3 ± 7.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | February 24, 1827 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4066 • PGC 38161 • CGCG 128-008 • MCG + 04-29-008 • 2MASX J12040938 + 2020520 • LDCE 0864 NED007 | |
NGC 4066 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E in the constellation Coma Berenices. It is an estimated 327 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on February 24, 1827 .