NGC 4078
| Galaxy NGC 4078 / NGC 4107 |
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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 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 |
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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 .