NGC 4207
| Galaxy NGC 4207 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 15 m 30.5 s |
| declination | + 09 ° 35 ′ 06 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Scd / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.6 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 124 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster |
| Redshift | 0.001988 +/- 0.000002 |
| Radial velocity | (596 +/- 1) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(23 ± 2) x 10 6 ly (7.20 ± 0.51) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich Louis d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | March 23, 1865 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4207 • UGC 7268 • PGC 39206 • CGCG 069-107 • MCG + 02-31-069 • IRAS 12129 + 0951 • 2MASX J12153043 + 0935057 • VCC 152 • LDCE 904 NED021 | |
NGC 4207 is a spiral-shaped dwarf galaxy with extensive star formation from Hubble type Scd in the constellation Virgo to the ecliptic . It is an estimated 23 million light years from the Milky Way and about 10,000 light years across . It is listed as a member of the Virgo galaxy cluster under the catalog name VCC 152 .
The galaxies IC 3092 and IC 3097 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on March 23, 1865 by the German-Danish astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest .
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