NGC 4418

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Galaxy
NGC 4418
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Virgin
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 12 h 26 m 54.6 s
declination -00 ° 52 ′ 39 ″
Appearance
Morphological type (R ') SAB (s) a / LIRG / Sy2  
Brightness  (visual) 13.2 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.1 mag
Angular expansion 1.5 ′ × 0.7 ′
Position angle 59 °
Surface brightness 13.1 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.007268 ± 0.000027  
Radial velocity 2179 ± 8 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(93 ± 7)  ·  10 6  ly
(28.5 ± 2.0)  Mpc 
history
discovery Wilhelm Herschel
Discovery date January 1, 1786
Catalog names
NGC  4418 • 4355 • UGC  7545 • PGC  40762 • CGCG  014-039 • MCG  + 00-32-12 • IRAS  12243-0036 • 2MASX  J12265462-0052395 • GC  2976 • H  III 492 • h  1261 • KCPG 337A • Todd 17 • LDCE 895 NED003 • EVCC 631

NGC 4418 = NGC 4355 is an active , spiraling infrared galaxy of the Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 93 million light years from the Milky Way and about 40,000 light years in diameter.

The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on January 1, 1786 .
Under the name NGC 4355 it was mistakenly classified as a new discovery by David Peck Todd on February 5, 1878 while searching for the trans-Neptunian planet.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 4418
  3. ^ Revised NGC and IC Catalog. (TXT) Archived from the original on December 20, 2008 ; accessed on September 26, 2008 (English).
  4. a b Dr. Harold G. Corwin, Jr .: spider.ipac.caltech.edu. In: Infrared Processing and Analysis Center. Archived from the original on September 16, 2006 ; accessed on September 26, 2008 (English).
  5. Seligman