NGC 4264

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Galaxy
NGC 4264
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Virgin
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 12 h 19 m 35.7 s
declination + 05 ° 50 ′ 48 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SB (rs) 0+  
Brightness  (visual) 13.0 likes
Brightness  (B-band) 13.9 likes
Angular expansion 0.9 '× 0.7'
Position angle 123 °
Surface brightness 12.3 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation Virgo cluster
WBL 392-010
LGG 281  
Redshift 0.008399 ± 0.000017  
Radial velocity 2518 ± 5 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(109 ± 8)  ·  10 6  ly
(33.4 ± 2.3)  Mpc 
history
discovery William Herschel
Discovery date April 13, 1784
Catalog names
NGC  4264 • UGC  7364 • PGC  39687 • CGCG  042-020 • MCG  + 01-32-001 • 2MASX  J12193577 + 0550484 • VCC  358 • GC  2847 • H  II 140 • h  1180 • NSA 30832 • LDCE 904 NED043 • EVCC 350

NGC 4264 is a Lenticular Galaxy of the Hubble-type SB0 / a in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 109 million light years from the Milky Way and about 30,000 light years in diameter. The galaxy is listed under catalog number VCC 358 as a member of the Virgo galaxy cluster .
The galaxies NGC 4257 , NGC 4261 , NGC 4269 , IC 3155 are located in the same area of ​​the sky .

The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on April 13, 1784 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 4264
  3. ^ VizieR
  4. Seligman