NGC 4168
| Galaxy NGC 4168 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 12 m 17.3 s |
| declination | + 13 ° 12 ′ 19 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E2 / Sy1.9 |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.8 ′ × 2.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 120 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster LGG 285 |
| Redshift | 0.007625 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 2286 ± 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(99 ± 7) · 10 6 ly (30.5 ± 2.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 8, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4168 • UGC 7203 • PGC 38890 • CGCG 069-081 • MCG + 02-31-46 • 2MASX J12121723 + 1312192 • VCC 49 • GC 2768 • H II 105 • h 1119 • LDCE 0904 NED008 | |
NGC 4168 is an E2-type elliptical galaxy and is located in the Virgo Cluster (border area of the constellations Virgo and the Hair of Berenice), which is an estimated 99 million light years from the Milky Way .
The galaxy is listed under VCC 0049 as a member of the Virgo galaxy cluster . The object was discovered on April 8, 1784 by William Herschel .