NGC 4229
| Galaxy NGC 4229 |
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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 38.8 s |
| declination | + 33 ° 33 ′ 39 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 / a |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.1 '× 0.8' |
| Position angle | 12 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.022362 ± 0.000057 |
| Radial velocity | 6704 ± 17 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 | January 2, 1786 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4229 • UGC 7299 • PGC 39341 • CGCG 187-034 • MCG + 06-27-044 • 2MASX J12163880 + 3333391 • GC 2819 • H II 519 • h 1158 • LDCE 0879 NED004 | |
NGC 4229 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0-a in the constellation Hounds in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 300 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by William Herschel on January 2, 1786 .