NGC 4199
| Galaxy NGC 4199 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big Bear |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 14 m 48.6 s |
| declination | + 59 ° 54 ′ 22 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E; BrClG |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.5 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 1507 |
| Redshift | 0.060045 ± 0.000110 |
| Radial velocity | 18001 ± 33 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(809 ± 57) · 10 6 ly (247.9 ± 17.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 17, 1789 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4199 • UGC 7253 • PGC 39135 • CGCG 292-084 / 293-005 • MCG + 10-18-011 • 2MASX J12144858 + 5954219 • VV 183a • GC 2793 • H III 797 • h 797 • GALEX ASC J121448.35 + 595419.7 | |
NGC 4199 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E in the constellation Ursa Major at the northern sky . It is estimated to be 809 million light years from the Milky Way . Together with PGC 200285 (also NGC 4199-2 ) it forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on April 17, 1789 .