NGC 4335

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Galaxy
NGC 4335
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Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope
Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope
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Constellation Big Bear
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 12 h 23 m 01.9 s
declination + 58 ° 26 ′ 40 ″
Appearance
Morphological type E2  
Brightness  (visual) 12.4 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 13.4 mag
Angular expansion 1.9 ′ × 1.5 ′
Position angle 145 °
Surface brightness 13.6 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.015417 ± 0.000073  
Radial velocity 4622 ± 22 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(211 ± 15)  ·  10 6  ly
(64.6 ± 4.5)  Mpc 
history
discovery William Herschel
Discovery date April 17, 1789
Catalog names
NGC  4335 • UGC  7455 • PGC  40169 • CGCG  293-015 • MCG  + 10-18-035 • IRAS  F12206 + 5843 • 2MASX  J12230190 + 5826409 • GC  2897 • H  II 806 • h  1217 • GALEX ASC J122301.84 + 582641.3 • LDCE 891 NED002

NGC 4335 is an elliptical radio galaxy from the Hubble type E2 in the constellation Ursa Major at the northern sky . It is estimated to be 211 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 115,000 ly.
In the same area of ​​the sky are the galaxies NGC 4290 , NGC 4358 , NGC 4362 , NGC 4364 , among others .

The Supernova SN 1955E was observed here.

The object was discovered on April 17, 1789 by the astronomer Wilhelm Herschel with the help of his 18.7 inch reflector telescope.

Web links

Commons : NGC 4335  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : NGC 4335
  3. Simbad
  4. Seligman