NGC 4126

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Galaxy
NGC 4126
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NGC 4126 [1]
NGC 4126
AladinLite
Constellation Berenike's hair
Position
equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 12 h 08 m 37.440 s
declination + 16 ° 08 ′ 33.99 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0  
Brightness  (visual) 13.4 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.4 mag
Angular expansion 1.1 '× 0.8'
Position angle 0 °
Surface brightness 13.0 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.022662 ± 0.000157  
Radial velocity 6794 ± 47 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0 		(301 ± 21)  x  10 6  ly
(92.4 ± 6.5)  Mpc 
history
discovery William Herschel
Discovery date March 21, 1784
Catalog names
NGC  4126 • UGC  7123 • PGC  38565 • CGCG  098-065 • MCG  + 03-31-047 • 2MASX  J12083747 + 1608341 • GC  2736 • H  III 68 • h  1095 • GALEXA SC J120837.43 + 160835.1 • NSA 75439 • WISEA J120837 .44 + 160834.1

NGC 4126 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Coma Berenices in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 301 million light years from the Milky Way and about 100,000 light years across.
The galaxy NGC 4152 is located in the same area of ​​the sky .

The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on March 21, 1784 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. ↑ a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. ↑ a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 4126
  4. ↑ Seligman