NGC 4405
Galaxy NGC 4405 / IC 788 |
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SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Berenike's hair |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 12 h 26 m 07.1 s |
declination | + 16 ° 10 ′ 52 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | SA (rs) 0 / a: / HII |
Brightness (visual) | 12.2 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 13.1 mag |
Angular expansion | 1.6 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
Position angle | 20 ° |
Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Affiliation | Virgo cluster |
Redshift | 0.005827 (± 0.000033) |
Radial velocity | 1747 (± 10) km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(76 ± 5) · 10 6 ly (23.3 ± 1.6) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
Discovery date | March 20, 1789 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 4405 • IC 788 • UGC 7529 • PGC 40643 • CGCG 099-050 • MCG + 03-32-36 • IRAS 12235 + 1627 • 2MASX J12260711 + 1610510 • VCC 874 • GC 2966 • H II 88 • h 1254 • LEDA 40643 |
NGC 4405 = IC 788 is a lenticular galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Coma Berenices in the northern sky . It is an estimated 76 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 40,000 ly. The galaxy is listed as a member of the Virgo Galaxy Cluster under catalog number VCC 874 .
The galaxies NGC 4383 , IC 787 , IC 792 , IC 3369 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on March 20, 1789 by the German-British astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .