NGC 4188
Galaxy NGC 4188 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | Crow |
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 |
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 .