NGC 4109
Galaxy NGC 4109 |
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with LEDA 2210701 (l), LEDA 2210517 (u), LEDA 2210902 (r) | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Hunting dogs |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 12 h 06 m 51.1 s |
declination | + 42 ° 59 ′ 44 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | Sa? |
Brightness (visual) | 14.1 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 15.0 mag |
Angular expansion | 0.7 '× 0.6' |
Position angle | 156 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Affiliation | NGC 4111 group WBL 380-002 |
Redshift | 0.023476 ± 0.000150 |
Radial velocity | 7038 ± 45 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(316 ± 22) · 10 6 ly (97.0 ± 6.8) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Bindon B. Stoney |
Discovery date | April 21, 1851 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 4109 • PGC 38427 • CGCG 215-027 • MCG + 07-25-024 • 2MASX J12065107 + 4259441 • NSA 60513 • HOLM 333B |
NGC 4109 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sa in the constellation Canes Venatici on the northern sky . It is an estimated 316 million light years from the Milky Way and is 65,000 light years across. Together with NGC 4111 , it forms the optical galaxy pair Holm 333 .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4117 , NGC 4118 , NGC 4138 , NGC 4143 .
The object was discovered by Bindon Blood Stoney on April 21, 1851 .
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