NGC 4446
| Galaxy NGC 4446 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Berenike's hair |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 28 m 06.8 s |
| declination | + 13 ° 54 ′ 42 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Scd: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.10 × 0.9 |
| Position angle | 106 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster (??) |
| Redshift | 0.024404 ± 0.000030 |
| Radial velocity | 7316 ± 9 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(325 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (99.5 ± 7.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Lewis Swift |
| Discovery date | April 17, 1887 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4446 • UGC 07586 • PGC 40962 • CGCG 070-103 • MCG + 02-32-069 • IRAS F12255 + 1411 • 2MASX J12280679 + 1354418 • VCC 1072 • | |
NGC 4446 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sc in the constellation Coma Berenices the northern sky . It is an estimated 325 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 105,000 ly. The galaxy is listed under catalog number VVC 1072 as a member of the Virgo galaxy cluster . It is likely gravitationally tied to its neighbor NGC 4447 .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4459 , NGC 4468 , NGC 4474 , IC 3382 .
The object was discovered by Lewis Swift on April 17, 1887 .