NGC 4187
| Galaxy NGC 4187 |
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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 13 m 29.3 s |
| declination | + 50 ° 44 ′ 29 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 01.3 '× 1.0' |
| Position angle | 145 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.030481 ± 0.000093 |
| Radial velocity | (9138 ± 28) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(411 ± 29) x 10 6 ly (126.1 ± 8.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 26, 1789 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4187 • UGC 7229 • PGC 39004 • CGCG 269-042 • MCG + 09-20-117 • 2MASX J12132932 + 5044292 • GC 2782 • H II 813 • spar 347A | |
NGC 4187 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E in the constellation Canes Venatici. It is estimated to be 411 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on April 26, 1789 .