NGC 4224
| Galaxy NGC 4224 |
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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 16 m 33.8 s |
| declination | + 07 ° 27 ′ 44 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (s) a: / sp / Sy / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.5 'x 1.0' |
| Position angle | 57 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster NGC 4261 group LGG 281 |
| Redshift | 0.008683 ± 0.000020 |
| Radial velocity | 2603 ± 6 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(113 ± 8) · 10 6 ly (34.6 ± 2.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 13, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4224 • UGC 7292 • PGC 39328 • CGCG 041-060 • MCG + 01-31-034 • IRAS 12140 + 0744 • 2MASX J12163376 + 0727436 • VCC 199 • GC 2813 • H II 136 • h 1153 • LDCE 904 NED027 • EVCC 251 | |
NGC 4224 is a spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type Sa in the constellation Virgo in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 113 million light years from the Milky Way and about 85,000 light years in diameter. It is listed as a member of the Virgo galaxy cluster under catalog number VCC 199 .
The galaxies NGC 4233 , NGC 4235 , NGC 4246 , NGC 4247 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by William Herschel on April 13, 1784 .