NGC 4211
| Galaxy NGC 4211 |
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| SDSS image of NGC 4211 & NGC 4211A (below) | |
| 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 36.6 s |
| declination | + 28 ° 10 ′ 25 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 / a pec |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2 ′ × 1 ′ |
| Position angle | 105 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.021992 ± 0.000090 |
| Radial velocity | (6593 ± 27) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(294 ± 21) x 10 6 ly (90.2 ± 6.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Édouard Stephan |
| Discovery date | April 30, 1881 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4211 • UGC 7277 • PGC 39221 • CGCG 158-053 • IRAS 12130 + 2826 • Arp 106 • VV 199a • KPG 327 | |
NGC 4211 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a pec in the constellation Haar der Berenike in the northern sky . The galaxy interacts with the galaxy NGC 4211A and forms the galaxy pair Arp 106 .
Halton Arp organized his catalog of unusual galaxies into groups according to purely morphological criteria. This galaxy belongs to the class of elliptical galaxies associated with spirals (Arp catalog) . The galaxy pair is estimated to be 294 million light years from the Milky Way . In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4221 and NGC 4256 .
The object was discovered on April 30, 1881 by Édouard Stephan .
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