NGC 4408
Galaxy NGC 4408 |
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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 17.2 s |
declination | + 27 ° 52 ′ 16 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | S0 |
Brightness (visual) | 14.1 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 15.1 mag |
Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
Position angle | 30 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.025094 ± 0.000080 |
Radial velocity | 7523 ± 24 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(336 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (103.0 ± 7.2) Mpc |
diameter | 70,000 ly |
history | |
discovery | Heinrich Louis d'Arrest |
Discovery date | April 21, 1865 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 4408 • PGC 40668 • CGCG 158-107 • 2MASX J12261724 + 2752158 • |
NGC 4408 is a lenticular S0- type galaxy in the constellation Haar der Berenice in the northern sky. It is about 336 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 70,000 light years .
The object was discovered on April 21, 1865 by the German-Danish astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest .