NGC 4120
| Galaxy NGC 4120 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Dragon |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 08 m 31.0 s |
| declination | + 69 ° 32 ′ 41 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (rs) cd: / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.7 'x 0.4' |
| Position angle | 166 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 272 |
| Redshift | 0.007495 +/- 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 2247 +/- 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(106 ± 8) · 10 6 ly (32.5 ± 2.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 6, 1793 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4120 • UGC 7121 • PGC 38553 • CGCG 335-004 • MCG + 12-12-001 • IRAS 12060 + 6949 • 2MASX J12083100 + 6932414 • GC 2731 • H III 904 • | |
NGC 4120 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Scd in the constellation Draco. It is estimated to be 106 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on April 6, 1793 by Wilhelm Herschel .
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