NGC 4290
| Galaxy NGC 4290 |
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| SDSS image from NGC 4290 | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Big Bear |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 20 m 47.5 s |
| declination | + 58 ° 05 ′ 36 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (rs) from: / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.2 '× 1.6' |
| Position angle | 90 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.010114 ± 0.000030 |
| Radial velocity | 3032 ± 9 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(140 ± 10) x 10 6 ly (42.8 ± 3.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 17, 1789 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4290 • UGC 7402 • PGC 39859 • CGCG 293-012 • MCG + 10-18-029 • 2MASX J12204750 + 5805325 • GC 2866 • H II 805 • h 1193 • LDCE 0888 NED002 | |
NGC 4290 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBab in the constellation Great Bear in the northern sky . It is an estimated 140 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on April 17, 1789 by the astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .
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