NGC 4206
| Galaxy NGC 4206 / IC 3064 |
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| Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 15 m 16.8 s |
| declination | + 13 ° 01 ′ 26 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (s) bc: / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 6.4 'x 1.1' |
| Position angle | 0 ° |
| Surface brightness | 14.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster? |
| Redshift | 702 ± 2 |
| Radial velocity | 0.002342 ± 0.000007 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(29 ± 2) x 10 6 ly (8.81 ± 0.62) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 17, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4206 • IC 3064 • UGC 7260 • PGC 39183 • CGCG 069-104 • MCG + 02-31-066 • IRAS 12127 + 1318 • 2MASX J12151687 + 1301258 • VCC 145 • GC 2795 • H II-165 • HIPASS J1215 + 13 • LDCE 904 NED020 | |
NGC 4206 = IC 3064 is a spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 29 million light years from the Milky Way and about 60,000 light years across . Under the catalog name VCC 145, it belongs to the Virgo galaxy cluster .
The galaxies NGC 4193 , NGC 4216 , IC 3070 , IC 3078 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on April 17, 1784 by William Herschel using his 18.7 inch reflecting telescope. On September 14, 1900, the object was rediscovered by Arnold Schwassmann and recorded in the index catalog as IC 3064 .