NGC 4078
Galaxy NGC 4078 / NGC 4107 |
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SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Virgin |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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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 .