NGC 4299
Galaxy NGC 4299 |
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Constellation | Virgin |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 12 h 21 m 40.5 s |
declination | + 11 ° 30 ′ 00 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | SAB (s) dm: / HII |
Brightness (visual) | 12.3 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 12.9 mag |
Angular expansion | 1.7 '× 1.6' |
Position angle | 26 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Affiliation | Virgo cluster |
Redshift | 0.000791 ± 0.000007 |
Radial velocity | 237 ± 2 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(8 ± 1) x 10 6 ly (2.42 ± 0.17) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | William Herschel |
Discovery date | March 15, 1784 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 4299 • UGC 7414 • PGC 39968 • CGCG 070-025 • MCG + 02-32-010 • IRAS 12191 + 1146 • 2MASX J12214230 + 1130118 • VCC 491 • GC 2875 • H II 62 • h 1200 • HOLM 376B • VPC 149 |
NGC 4299 is a spiral dwarf galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type SBd in the constellation Virgo in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 8 million light years from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about> 10,000 ly. It is likely to form an interacting pair with NGC 4294 . It is listed as a member of the Virgo galaxy cluster under catalog number VCC 491 .
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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