NGC 4078

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Galaxy
NGC 4078 / NGC 4107
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Virgin
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 12 h 04 m 47.6 s
declination + 10 ° 35 ′ 44 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0?  
Brightness  (visual) 13.2 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.2 mag
Angular expansion 1.3 '× 0.5'
Position angle 18 °
Surface brightness 12.6 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.008493 ± 0.000017  
Radial velocity 2546 ± 5 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(111 ± 8)  x  10 6  ly
(33.9 ± 2.4)  Mpc 
history
discovery Heinrich d'Arrest
Discovery date April 17, 1863
Catalog names
NGC  4078/4107 • UGC  7066 • PGC  38238 • CGCG  069-043 • MCG  + 02-31-023 • 2MASX  J12044762 + 1035439 • GC  5607 • LDCE 0904 NED004

NGC 4078 = NGC 4107 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Virgo. It is an estimated 111 million light years from the Milky Way .

The object was discovered by Heinrich d'Arrest on April 17, 1863 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 4078
  3. Seligman