NGC 4266
| Galaxy NGC 4266 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 19 m 42.3 s |
| declination | + 05 ° 32 ′ 18 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) a? / sp / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.8 'x 0.4' |
| Position angle | 76 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster WBL 397 |
| Redshift | 0.005124 ± 0.000123 |
| Radial velocity | 1536 ± 37 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(65 ± 5) x 10 6 ly (19.9 ± 1.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | May 26, 1864 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4266 • UGC 7368 • PGC 39699 • CGCG 042-021 • MCG + 01-32-002 • IRAS F12171 + 0549 • 2MASX J12194231 + 0532175 • VCC 362 • LDCE 904 NED044 • EVCC 2064 | |
NGC 4266 is a bar-spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type SBa in the constellation Virgo north of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 65 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 35,000 light-years across. The galaxy is listed as a member of the Virgo Galaxy Cluster under catalog number VVC 362 .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4259 , NGC 4270 , NGC 4282 , IC 3153 .
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on May 26, 1864 .
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