NGC 4392
| Galaxy NGC 4392 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hunting dogs |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 25 m 18.9 s |
| declination | + 45 ° 50 ′ 51 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 ^ - |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.7 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 72 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.024127 ± 0.000173 |
| Radial velocity | (7233 ± 52) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(326 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (99.9 ± 7.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 27, 1788 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4392 • PGC 40499 • CGCG 244-012 • MCG + 08-23-023 • 2MASX J12251894 + 4550507 • GC 2953 • H III 729 • h 1242 • GALEX ASC J122518.80 + 455049.7 • LDCE 894 NED002 | |
NGC 4392 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 + in the constellation Hounds in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 326 million light years from the Milky Way and about 65,000 light years in diameter .
The galaxy NGC 4389 is located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on April 27, 1788 .
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