NGC 4074
| Galaxy NGC 4074 |
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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 29.7 s |
| declination | + 20 ° 18 ′ 58 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0: pec / Sy2 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.0 '× 0.6' |
| Position angle | 11 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.021752 ± 0.000097 |
| Radial velocity | 6521 ± 29 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(299 ± 21) · 10 6 ly (91.6 ± 6.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 27, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4074 • PGC 38207 • CGCG 128-013 • MCG + 04-29-011 • 2MASX J12041380 + 2012351 • GC 2697 • H III 393 • h 1073 • LDCE 0864 NED009 | |
NGC 4074 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Haar der Berenike. It is estimated to be 299 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on April 27, 1785 .