NGC 4415
| Galaxy NGC 4415 |
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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 40.5 s |
| declination | + 08 ° 26 ′ 09 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0-a |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 1.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 0 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | +0.003035 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | +910 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(38 ± 3) x 10 6 ly (11.5 ± 0.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | December 28, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4415 • UGC 7540 • PGC 40727 • CGCG 070-078 • MCG + 02-32-052 • 2MASX J12264046 + 0826084 • VCC 929 • GC 2973 • H III 482 • LEDA 40727 • LDCE 904 NED111 | |
NGC 4415 is a lenticular dwarf galaxy of the Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Virgo at the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 38 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 15,000 ly. Under catalog number VCC 1178 , it is listed as a member of the Virgo Galaxy Cluster.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4410 , NGC 4411 , NGC 4416 , NGC 4434 .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on December 28, 1785 .