NGC 4227
Galaxy NGC 4227 |
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SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Hunting dogs |
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 |
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 .