NGC 4358

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Galaxy
NGC 4358
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NGC 4362, NGC 4364 & NGC 4358 [1], SDSS image
NGC 4362, NGC 4364 & NGC 4358, SDSS image
AladinLite
Constellation Big Bear
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
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 .

Web links

Commons : NGC 4358  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 4358
  4. Seligman