NGC 4412
| Galaxy NGC 4412 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 26 m 36.1 s |
| declination | + 03 ° 57 ′ 53.0 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (r) b? / pec / LINER / Sy2 |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 1.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 132 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster |
| Redshift | 0.007652 ± 0.000023 |
| Radial velocity | 2294 ± 7 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(99 ± 7) · 10 6 ly (30.3 ± 2.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | February 23, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4412 • UGC 7536 • PGC 40715 • CGCG 042-104 • MCG + 01-32-062 • IRAS 12240 + 0414 • 2MASX J12263610 + 0357526 • VCC 921 • GC 2971 • H II 34 • h 1257 • | |
NGC 4412 is a bar-spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 99 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 40,000 ly. Under catalog number VCC 921 it is listed as a member of the Virgo galaxy cluster .
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 4457 .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on February 23, 1784 .