NGC 4188
| Galaxy NGC 4188 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Crow |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 14 m 07.3 s |
| declination | -12 ° 35 ′ 10 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sc |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 80 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.014347 ± 0.000023 |
| Radial velocity | (4301 ± 7) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(186 ± 13) · 10 6 ly (57.1 ± 4.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Ormond Stone |
| Discovery date | 1886 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4188 • PGC 39059 • MCG -02-31-023 • IRAS 12115-1218 • 2MASX J12140734-1235096 • GALEX ASC J121407.49-123511.0 • LDCE 880 NED005 | |
NGC 4188 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb in the constellation Raven south of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 186 million light years from the Milky Way and about 35,000 light years in diameter .
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 4201 , NGC 4225 , IC 766 , among others .
The property was discovered by Ormond Stone in 1886 .