NGC 4109
| Galaxy NGC 4109 |
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| with LEDA 2210701 (l), LEDA 2210517 (u), LEDA 2210902 (r) | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hunting dogs |
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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 |
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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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