NGC 4208
| Galaxy NGC 4208 / NGC 4212 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Berenike's hair |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 15 m 39.3 s |
| declination | + 13 ° 54 ′ 05 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAc: / LINER / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 11.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.2 ′ × 2 ′ |
| Position angle | 75 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster |
| Redshift | −0.000270 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | −81 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(11 ± 1) x 10 6 ly (3.45 ± 0.42) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 8, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4208 • NGC 4212 • UGC 7275 • PGC 39224 • CGCG 069-110 • MCG + 02-31-070 • IRAS 12130 + 1411 • 2MASX J12153937 + 1354053 • VCC 157 • GC 2799/2802 • H II 107 / II 108 • h 1142/1144 • LDCE 904 NED022 • EVCC 233 | |
NGC 4208 = NGC 4212 is an active spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sc with extensive star formation areas in the constellation Coma Berenices in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 11 million light years from the Milky Way and about 30,000 light years in diameter . It is listed as a member of the Virgo galaxy cluster under the catalog name VCC 157 .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies IC 3058 , IC 3061 , IC 3073 , IC 3080 .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on April 8, 1784 .
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