NGC 4132
| Galaxy NGC 4132 |
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![SDSS image from LEDA 38602 & NGC 4132 [1]](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC4132_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| SDSS image from LEDA 38602 & NGC 4132 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Berenike's hair |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 09 m 01.4 s |
| declination | + 29 ° 15 '00 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sab |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 '× 0.3' |
| Position angle | 21 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC 4169 group WBL 382-002 LGG 276 |
| Redshift | 0.013389 ± 0.000053 |
| Radial velocity | 4014 ± 16 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(179 ± 12) · 10 6 ly (54.9 ± 3.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 11, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4132 • PGC 38593 • CGCG 158-030 • MCG + 05-29-020 • IRAS 12064 + 2931 • KUG 1206 + 295A • 2MASX J12090142 + 2915003 • GC 2741 • H III 357 • h 1099 • NVSS J120901 + 291503 • HOLM 339A • LDCE 875 NED002 | |
NGC 4132 is a spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type Sa in the constellation Coma Berenices in the northern sky . It is an estimated 179 million light years from the Milky Way and is 55,000 light years across. Together with NGC 4131 and NGC 4134 it forms the galaxy trio Holm 339 and with PGC 38602 the galaxy pair KUG 1206 + 295 .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on April 11, 1785 .