NGC 4227
| Galaxy NGC 4227 |
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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 33.7 s |
| declination | + 33 ° 31 ′ 19 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB0 ^ 0 ^ |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.5 'x 0.9' |
| Position angle | 70 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.021515 ± 0.000087 |
| Radial velocity | 6450 ± 26 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(289 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (88.5 ± 6.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | January 2, 1786 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4227 • UGC 7296 • PGC 39329 • CGCG 187-033 • MCG + 06-27-043 • 2MASX J12163368 + 3331191 • GC 2817 • H II 518 • h 1156 • LDCE 0879 NED003 | |
NGC 4227 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0-a in the constellation Hounds in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 289 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by William Herschel on January 2, 1786 .