NGC 4073
| Galaxy NGC 4073 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 04 m 27.0 s |
| declination | + 01 ° 53 ′ 45 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E; BrClG |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.2 'x 2.3' |
| Position angle | 105 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.019584 ± 0.000037 |
| Radial velocity | 5871 ± 11 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(258 ± 18) x 10 6 ly (79.1 ± 5.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | December 20, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4073 • UGC 7060 • PGC 38201 • CGCG 013-059 • MCG + 00-31-029 • 2MASX J12042705 + 0153456 • GC 2696 • H II 277 • h 1072 • LDCE 0863 NED006 | |
NGC 4073 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E in the constellation Virgo. It is an estimated 258 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on December 20, 1784 .