NGC 4176
| Galaxy NGC 4176 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 12 m 36.834 s |
| declination | -09 ° 09 ′ 37.65 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sb |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 '× 0.5' |
| Position angle | 55 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | isolated |
| Redshift | 0.018733 ± 0.000023 |
| Radial velocity | 5616 ± 7 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(245 ± 17) · 10 6 ly (75.2 ± 5.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Francis P. Leavenworth |
| Discovery date | 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4176 • PGC 38928 • 2MASX J12123676-0909309 • 2MASS J12123682-0909376 • GALEX ASC J121236.88-090938.5 • WISEA J121236.83-090937.6 • 2MIG 1690 | |
NGC 4176 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb with extensive star formation in the constellation Virgo to the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 245 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 50,000 light-years across.
The galaxy NGC 4129 is located in the same area of the sky .
The property was discovered by Francis Preserved Leavenworth in 1886 .