NGC 4166
| Galaxy NGC 4166 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Berenike's hair |
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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 |
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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 .