NGC 4237
| Galaxy NGC 4237 |
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| Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Berenike's hair |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 17 m 11.4 s |
| declination | + 15 ° 19 ′ 26 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (rs) bc / Sy / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.1 ′ × 1.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 108 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster M49 group NGC 4343 group LGG 292 |
| Redshift | 0.002892 ± 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | 867 ± 4 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(37 ± 3) x 10 6 ly (11.2 ± 0.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | December 30, 1783 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4237 • UGC 7315 • PGC 39393 • CGCG 098-130 • MCG + 03-31-091 • IRAS 12146 + 1536 • 2MASX J12170941 + 1519330 • VCC 226 • GC 2824 • H II 11 • h 1162 • GALEX MSC J121711.56 +151926.2 • LDCE 904 NED031 • EVCC 272 | |
NGC 4237 is a bar-spiral galaxy with an active galaxy core of the Hubble type SABbc in the constellation Haar der Berenike in the northern sky . It is an estimated 37 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 25,000 ly. It is listed as a member of the Virgo Galaxy Cluster under catalog number VCC 226 .
The galaxies NGC 4262 , IC 781 , IC 3077 , IC 3096 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on December 30, 1783 by the astronomer William Herschel with the help of his 18.7 inch reflector telescope.
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