NGC 4092

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Galaxy
NGC 4092
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NGC 4092 [1]
NGC 4092
AladinLite
Constellation Berenike's hair
Position
equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 12 h 05 m 50.1 s
declination + 20 ° 28 ′ 37.2 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Sat  
Brightness  (visual) 13.3 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.1 mag
Angular expansion 1.0 '× 1.0'
Surface brightness 13.1 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation WBL 374  
Redshift 0.022412 ± 0.000027  
Radial velocity 6719 ± 8 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0 		(298 ± 21)  ·  10 6  ly
(91.5 ± 6.4)  Mpc 
history
discovery William Herschel
Discovery date April 26, 1785
Catalog names
NGC  4092 • UGC  7087 • PGC  38338 • CGCG  128-023 • MCG  + 04-29-020 • IRAS  12032 + 2045 • 2MASX  J12055011 + 2028371 • LDCE 864 NED016 • NSA 118292 • WISEA J120550.13 + 202837.9

NGC 4092 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 298 million light years from the Milky Way and about 90,000 light years across.

In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4089 , NGC 4091 , NGC 4093 , NGC 4095 .

The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on April 26, 1785 .

Web links

Commons : NGC 4092  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. ↑ a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. ↑ a b c d e SEDS : NGC 4092
  4. ↑ Seligman