NGC 4079
| Galaxy NGC 4079 |
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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 49.8 s |
| declination | -02 ° 22 ′ 57 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SAB (rs) bc: |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.3 '× 1.6' |
| Position angle | 125 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.020347 ± 0.000030 |
| Radial velocity | 6100 ± 9 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(267 ± 19) x 10 6 ly (82.0 ± 5.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 15, 1828 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4079 • UGC 7067 • PGC 38240 • CGCG 013-067 • MCG + 00-31-034 • IRAS 12022-0206 • 2MASX J12044984-0222571 • GC 2703 • h 1077 • | |
NGC 4079 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Virgo. It is estimated to be 267 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on April 15, 1828 by John Herschel .