NGC 4166
Galaxy NGC 4166 |
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SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Berenike's hair |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 12 h 12 m 09.5 s |
declination | + 17 ° 45 ′ 25 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | SB0 |
Brightness (visual) | 13.2 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
Angular expansion | 1.2 '× 1.0' |
Position angle | 20 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.023336 ± 0.000097 |
Radial velocity | 6996 ± 29 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(311 ± 22) x 10 6 ly (95.2 ± 6.7) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Wilhelm Temple |
Discovery date | March 15, 1885 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 4166 • UGC 7198 • PGC 38882 • CGCG 098-096 • MCG + 03-31-068 • 2MASX J12120956 + 1745248 • LDCE 0871 NED006 |
NGC 4166 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Coma Berenices in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 311 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Tempel on March 15, 1885 .