NGC 4093

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Galaxy
NGC 4093
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NGC 4093 [1]
NGC 4093
AladinLite
Constellation Berenike's hair
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 12 h 05 m 51.465 s
declination + 20 ° 31 ′ 19.07 ″
Appearance
Morphological type E: / LINER  
Brightness  (visual) 14.3 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.3 mag
Angular expansion 0.7 '× 0.5'
Position angle 45 °
Surface brightness 13.2 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation WBL 374  
Redshift 0.024037 ± 0.000097  
Radial velocity 7206 ± 29 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(320 ± 23)  x  10 6  ly
(98.2 ± 6.9)  Mpc 
history
discovery Heinrich d'Arrest
Discovery date May 4, 1864
Catalog names
NGC  4093 • CGCG  128-024 • MCG  + 04-29-021 • 2MASX  J12055147 + 2031191 • GALEX ASC J120551.58 + 203118.7 • LDCE 864 NED017 • NVSS J120551 + 203118 • WISEA J120551.47 + 203119.0

NGC 4093 is a compact galaxy of Hubble type E with active galactic nucleus in the constellation Coma Berenices the northern sky . It is an estimated 320 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 65,000 light years in diameter.

In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4089 , NGC 4091 , NGC 4092 , NGC 4095 .

The object was discovered by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on May 4, 1864 .

Web links

Commons : NGC 4093  - 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 f SEDS : NGC 4093
  4. Seligman