NGC 4077

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Galaxy
NGC 4077 / NGC 4140
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Virgin
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 12 h 04 m 38.0 s
declination + 01 ° 47 ′ 16 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SB (r) 0 ^ 0 ^ / NLAGN  
Brightness  (visual) 13.3 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.3 mag
Angular expansion 1.2 '× 0.9'
Position angle 15 °
Surface brightness 13.3 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.023713 ± 0.000043  
Radial velocity 7109 ± 13 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(313 ± 22)  x  10 6  ly
(96.0 ± 6.7)  Mpc 
history
discovery Wilhelm Herschel
Discovery date December 20, 1784
Catalog names
NGC  4077/4140 • UGC  7063 • PGC  38218 • CGCG  013-063 • MCG  + 00-31-031 • 2MASX  J12043806 + 0147156 • GC  2700 • H  III 258 • h  1076 •

NGC 4077 = NGC 4140 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Virgo. It is an estimated 313 million light years from the Milky Way .

The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on December 20, 1784 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 4077
  3. Seligman