NGC 4181
| Galaxy NGC 4181 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hunting dogs |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 12 m 49.0 s |
| declination | + 52 ° 54 ′ 12 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 '× 0.6' |
| Position angle | 11 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.032256 ± 0.000097 |
| Radial velocity | 9670 ± 29 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(435 ± 31) · 10 6 ly (133.5 ± 9.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 14, 1789 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4181 • PGC 38938 • CGCG 269-041 • MCG + 09-20-111 • 2MASX J12124899 + 5254122 • GC 2778 • H III 777 • LDCE 0904 NED011 | |
NGC 4181 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E in the constellation Canes Venatici. It is an estimated 435 million light years away from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on April 14, 1789 .