NGC 4152

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Galaxy
NGC 4152
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NGC 4152 [1] SDSS image
NGC 4152 SDSS image
AladinLite
Constellation Berenike's hair
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 12 h 10 m 37.50 s
declination + 16 ° 01 ′ 58.5 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SAB (rs) c / HII / Sbrst / AGN  
Brightness  (visual) 11.9 likes
Brightness  (B-band) 12.6 mag
Angular expansion 2.3 ′ × 1.9 ′
Position angle 115 °
Surface brightness 13.4 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation Virgo cluster
NGC 4168 group
NGC 4501 group
LGG 285  
Redshift 0.007228 ± 0.000013  
Radial velocity 2167 ± 4 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(95 ± 7)  x  10 6  ly
(29.0 ± 2.0)  Mpc 
history
discovery William Herschel
Discovery date March 21, 1784
Catalog names
NGC  4152 • UGC  7169 • PGC  38749 • CGCG  098-077 • MCG  + 03-31-052 • IRAS  12080 + 1618 • 2MASX  J12103751 + 1601585 • VCC  25 • Mrk  759 • GC  2757 • H  II 83 • h  1112 • HIPASS J1210 +16 • LDCE 904 NED006 • NSA 117685 • WISEA J121037.50 + 160158.8 • EVCC 126

NGC 4152 is an active bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble-type SBc with a high rate of star formation in the constellation Haar der Berenike in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 94 million light years from the Milky Way and about 50,000 light years across. The galaxy is listed as a member of the Virgo galaxy cluster under catalog number VCC 25 . In the same area of ​​the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 4126 .

The type IIP supernova SN 2009hq was observed here.

The object was discovered on March 21, 1784 by Wilhelm Herschel with the help of his 18.7 inch reflector telescope.

Web links

Commons : NGC 4152  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 4152
  4. ^ VizieR
  5. Simbad
  6. Seligman