NGC 4125
| Galaxy NGC 4125 |
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| Image taken with the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Dragon |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 08 m 06.02 s |
| declination | + 65 ° 10 ′ 26.9 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E6 / pec / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 9.6 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 10.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 5.8 ′ × 3.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 81 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 4125 group LGG 274 |
| Redshift | 0.004523 ± 0.000063 |
| Radial velocity | 1356 ± 19 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(66 ± 5) x 10 6 ly (20.1 ± 1.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John R. Hind |
| Discovery date | January 4, 1850 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4125 • UGC 7118 • PGC 38524 • CGCG 315-019 • MCG + 11-15-27 • IRAS 12055 + 6527 • 2MASX J12080601 + 6510268 • GC 2735 • HOLM 335A • LDCE 867 NED077 • NSA 140814 | |
NGC 4125 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E6 / P in the constellation Draco the northern sky . It is an estimated 66 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 105,000 light years in diameter. Together with NGC 4121 , it forms the gravitationally bound galaxy pair Holm 335 and is the brightest member of the NGC 4125 group ( LGG 274 ).
The Type Ia supernova SN 2016coj was observed here.
The object was discovered on January 4, 1850 by the British astronomer John Russell Hind .
NGC 4125 group ( LGG 274 )
| Galaxy | Alternative name | Distance / million ly |
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| NGC 4081 | PGC 38212 | 69 |
| NGC 4125 | PGC 38524 | 66 |
| NGC 4205 | PGC 39143 | 68 |
| PGC 38025 | UGC 7020A | 72 |
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