NGC 4358
Galaxy NGC 4358 |
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NGC 4362, NGC 4364 & NGC 4358, SDSS image | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Big Bear |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 12 h 24 m 02.0 s |
declination | + 58 ° 23 ′ 07 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | S0 |
Brightness (visual) | 13.2 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
Angular expansion | 1.0 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
Position angle | 170 ° |
Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.015000 ± 0.000130 |
Radial velocity | (4497 ± 39) km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(205 ± 14) x 10 6 ly (62.9 ± 4.4) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
Discovery date | April 17, 1789 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 4358 • UGC 7479 • PGC 40309 • CGCG 293-017 N02 • MCG + 10-18-038 • 2MASX J12240211 + 5823063 • GC 2914 • H III 799 • h 1230 • NSA 52715 • LDCE 891 NED003 |
NGC 4358 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Ursa Major in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 205 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 60,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 4290 , NGC 4335 , NGC 4362 , NGC 4364 , among others .
The object was discovered on April 17, 1789 by the German-British astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .
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