NGC 4131
| Galaxy NGC 4131 |
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![NGC 4131 [1] SDSS image](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC4131_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 4131 SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Berenike's hair |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 08 m 47.288 s |
| declination | + 29 ° 18 ′ 17.21 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 'x 0.7' |
| Position angle | 73 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 4169 Group WBL 382 NGC 4185 Flu LGG 276 |
| Redshift | 3836 ± 10 |
| Radial velocity | 0.012796 ± 0.000033 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(171 ± 12) · 10 6 ly (52.5 ± 3.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 11, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4131 • UGC 7126 • PGC 38573 • CGCG 158-029 • MCG + 05-29-019 • 2MASX J12084728 + 2918172 • GC 2740 • H III 356 • h 1098 • GALEX ASC J120847.42 + 291816.3 • HOLM 339C • LDCE 875 NED001 | |
NGC 4131 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 / a with an active galaxy core in the constellation Coma Berenices in the northern sky . It is an estimated 171 million light years from the Milky Way and is 70,000 light years across. Together with NGC 4132 and NGC 4134 , it forms the galaxy trio Holm 339 and is a member of the NGC 4185 group ( LGG 276 ).
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on April 11, 1785 .