NGC 4177

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Galaxy
NGC 4177
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Constellation Crow
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 12 h 12 m 41.2 s
declination -14 ° 00 ′ 52 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SA (rs) c pec: / HII  
Brightness  (visual) 12.5 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.2 mag
Angular expansion 1.7 'x 1.2'
Position angle 69 °
Surface brightness 13.1 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.013619 ± 0.000030  
Radial velocity 4083 ± 9 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(176 ± 12)  ·  10 6  ly
(54.0 ± 3.8)  Mpc 
history
discovery Wilhelm Herschel
Discovery date March 27, 1786
Catalog names
NGC  4177 • PGC  38937 • CGCG  098-096 • MCG  -02-31-021 • IRAS  12101-1344 • 2MASX  J12124127-1400523 • GC  2774 • H  III 534 • h  3383 • LDCE 0880 NED004

NGC 4177 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Raven on southern sky . It is an estimated 176 million light years from the Milky Way .

The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on March 27, 1786 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 4177
  3. Seligman