NGC 4271
Galaxy NGC 4271 |
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SDSS image from NGC 4271 | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Big Bear |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 12 h 19 m 32.6 s |
declination | + 56 ° 44 ′ 12 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | S0- |
Brightness (visual) | 12.5 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 13.5 likes |
Angular expansion | 1.5 '× 1.3' |
Position angle | 55 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.015851 ± 0.000103 |
Radial velocity | 4752 ± 31 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(216 ± 15) · 10 6 ly (66.3 ± 4.7) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | William Herschel |
Discovery date | April 17, 1789 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 4271 • UGC 7375 • PGC 39683 • CGCG 293-010 • MCG + 10-18-025 • 2MASX J12193263 + 5644119 • GC 2853 • H II 804 • LDCE 0898 NED001 |
NGC 4271 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Great Bear in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 216 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on April 17, 1789 by the astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .
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