NGC 4112
| Galaxy NGC 4112 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | centaur |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 07 m 09.5 s |
| declination | -40 ° 12 ′ 29 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (rs) a |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.6 'x 0.9' |
| Position angle | 5 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.009053 ± 0.000127 |
| Radial velocity | (2714 ± 38) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(113 ± 8) · 10 6 ly (34.6 ± 2.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 2, 1835 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4112 • PGC 38452 • ESO 321-006 • MCG -07-25-003 • IRAS 12045-3955 • 2MASX J12070945-4012293 • SGC 120434-3955.7 • LDCE 916 NED017 | |
NGC 4112 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Centaur in the southern sky . It is an estimated 113 million light years from the Milky Way and about 55,000 ly in diameter.
The object was discovered by John Herschel on March 2, 1835 .