NGC 4090
Galaxy NGC 4090 |
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NGC 4090 | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Berenike's hair |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 12 h 05 m 27.916 s |
declination | + 20 ° 18 ′ 31.52 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | Sab / AGN |
Brightness (visual) | 14.1 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
Angular expansion | 1.20 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
Position angle | 38 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Affiliation | WBL 374 |
Redshift | 0.024460 ± 0.000150 |
Radial velocity | 7333 ± 45 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(326 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (99.9 ± 7.0) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Heinrich d'Arrest |
Discovery date | May 2, 1864 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 4090 • UGC 7077 • CGCG 128-019 • MCG + 04-29-015 • IRAS 12028 + 2035 • 2MASX J12052793 + 2018318 • GALEX ASC J120527.85 + 201830.3 • LDCE 864 NED012 • NVSS J120527 + 201830 • WISEA J120527.93 +201831.6 |
NGC 4090 is a spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sab with an active galaxy core in the constellation Coma Berenices in the northern sky . It is an estimated 326 million light years from the Milky Way and about 115,000 light years in diameter.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4074 , NGC 4086 , NGC 4092 , NGC 4093 .
The object was discovered by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on May 2, 1864 .
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