NGC 4362

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Galaxy
NGC 4362 / NGC4364
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Big Bear
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 12 h 24 m 11.2 s
declination + 58 ° 21 ′ 38 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S?  
Brightness  (visual) 14.4 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.3 mag
Angular expansion 1.1 ′ × 0.4 ′
Position angle 39 °
Surface brightness 13.4 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.015107 ± 0.000103  
Radial velocity (4529 ± 31) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(207 ± 15)  ·  10 6  ly
(63.4 ± 4.5)  Mpc 
history
discovery William Herschel
Discovery date April 17, 1789
Catalog names
NGC  4362/4364 • PGC  40350 • CGCG  293-018 • MCG  + 10-18-39 • 2MASX  J12241139 + 5821383 • GC  2918/2920 • H  III 800 / III 801 • h  1233 • LDCE 0891 NED004

NGC 4362 = NGC 4364 is a galaxy of Hubble type S? in the constellation Great Bear in the north star sky . It is around 207 million light years away from the Milky Way .

The object was discovered on April 17, 1789 by William Herschel .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 4362
  3. Seligman