NGC 4294
| Galaxy NGC 4294 |
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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 21 m 17.8 s |
| declination | + 11 ° 30 ′ 38 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) cd / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.2 '× 1.2' |
| Position angle | 155 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.001184 ± 0.000003 |
| Radial velocity | 355 ± 1 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(13 ± 1) x 10 6 ly (4.03 ± 0.28) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 15, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4294 • UGC 7407 • PGC 39925 • CGCG 070-024 • MCG + 02-32-009 • IRAS 12187 + 1147 • 2MASX J12211778 + 1130399 • VCC 465 • GC 2871 • H II 61 • h 1197 • HIPASS J1221 + 11 • HOLM 376A • LDCE 904 NED059 • VPC 130 | |
NGC 4294 is a spiral dwarf galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Virgo in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 13 million light years from the Milky Way and about 15,000 light years in diameter. It probably forms an interacting pair with NGC 4299 . It is listed as a member of the Virgo galaxy cluster under catalog number VCC 465 .
The galaxies IC 3173 , IC 3192 , IC 3196 , IC 3209 are in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on March 15, 1784 by the astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .
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