NGC 4262
| Galaxy NGC 4262 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Berenike's hair |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 19 m 30.6 s |
| declination | + 14 ° 52 ′ 40 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) 0-? |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.8 ′ × 1.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 120 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster Messier 87 group NGC 4639 group LGG 289 |
| Redshift | 0.004533 ± 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | 1359 ± 4 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(58 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (17.9 ± 1.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 8, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4252 • UGC 7365 • PGC 39676 • CGCG 099-014 • 2MASX J12193058 + 1452397 • VCC 355 • GC 2845 • H II 110 • h 1179 • LDCE 904 NED042 • VPC 49 • EVCC 2062 | |
NGC 4262 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type I / SB0 in the constellation Coma Berenices the northern sky . It is estimated to be 58 million light years from the Milky Way and about 30,000 light years across. An observation in the ultraviolet range using GALEX shows a surrounding ring. It is listed as a member of the Virgo galaxy cluster under the catalog name VCC 355 .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4254 , NGC 4298 , NGC 4302 , IC 781 .
The object was discovered on April 8, 1784 by the astronomer William Herschel using his 18.7-inch mirror telescope.
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