NGC 4226
| Galaxy NGC 4226 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hunting dogs |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 16 m 26.3 s |
| declination | + 47 ° 01 ′ 31 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sat |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.5 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.0 '× 0.5' |
| Position angle | 127 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.024220 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 7261 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(327 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (100.3 ± 7.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 19, 1828 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4226 • UGC 7297 • PGC 39312 • CGCG 243-057 • MCG + 08-22-090 • IRAS F12139 + 4718 • 2MASX J12162629 + 4701310 • GALEX MSC J121626.01 + 470132.5 • LDCE 877 NED004 • HOLM 354B | |
NGC 4226 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sa in the constellation Canes Venatici on the northern sky . It is an estimated 333 million light years from the Milky Way and about 120,000 light years in diameter. Together with NGC 4217 , it forms the optical pair of galaxies Holm 354 .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4231 , NGC 4232 , NGC 4248 , NGC 4258 .
The type II supernova SN 2008bn were observed here.
The object was discovered on March 19, 1828 by John Herschel .