NGC 4416
Galaxy NGC 4416 |
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Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Virgin |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 12 h 26 m 46.7 s |
declination | + 07 ° 55 ′ 08 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | SB (rs) cd: / HII / Sbrst |
Brightness (visual) | 12.3 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 13.0 likes |
Angular expansion | 1.7 ′ × 1.5 ′ |
Position angle | 108 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Affiliation | Virgo cluster |
Redshift | 0.004637 ± 0.000008 |
Radial velocity | 1390 ± 2 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(59 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (18.1 ± 1.3) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | John Herschel |
Discovery date | April 11, 1825 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 4416 • UGC 7541 • PGC 40743 • CGCG 042-105 • MCG + 01-32-63 • IRAS 12242 + 0811 • 2MASX J12264672 + 0755084 • VCC 938 • Mrk 1326 • LDCE 904 NED112 |
NGC 4416 is a bar-spiral galaxy with a high rate of star formation of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Virgo at the ecliptic . It is an estimated 59 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 30,000 ly. The galaxy is listed under catalog number VCC 938 as a member of the Virgo galaxy cluster .
The galaxies NGC 4415 , NGC 4434 , IC 789 , IC 3322 are in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on April 11, 1825 by John Herschel .