NGC 4213
| Galaxy NGC 4213 |
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| with 2MASX J12154304 + 2400156 ( above ) & 2MASX J12153399 + 2400116 ( above ), SDSS mounting | |
| 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 37.5 s |
| declination | + 23 ° 58 ′ 55 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E. |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.5 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.7 '× 1.7' |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | WBL 389-003 |
| Redshift | 0.022482 ± 0.000073 |
| Radial velocity | (6740 ± 22) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(300 ± 21) x 10 6 ly (92.0 ± 6.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 10, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4213 • UGC 7276 • PGC 39223 • CGCG 128-065 • MCG + 04-29-054 • 2MASX J12153750 + 2358544 • GC 2803 • H II 354 • h 1145 • GALEX ASC J121537.67 + 235854.1 • LDCE 872 NED016 | |
NGC 4213 is an elliptical galaxy from the Hubble type E0 in the constellation Coma Berenices the northern sky . It is an estimated 300 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 150,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies IC 772 , IC 3082 , IC 3084 , IC 3089 .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on April 10, 1785 .