NGC 4525

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Galaxy
NGC 4525
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NGC 4525 [1]
NGC 4525
AladinLite
Constellation Berenike's hair
Position
equinox :  J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 12 h 33 m 51.138 s
declination + 30 ° 16 ′ 338.92 ″
Appearance
Morphological type Scd:  
Brightness  (visual) 12.2 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 12.9 mag
Angular expansion 2.6 ′ × 1.3 ′
Position angle 53 °
Surface brightness 13.4 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation NGC 4274 group
LGG 279  
Redshift 0.003909 ± 0.000013  
Radial velocity 1172 ± 4 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0 		(53 ± 4)  ·  10 6  ly
(16.2 ± 1.1)  Mpc 
history
discovery William Herschel
Discovery date March 13, 1785
Catalog names
NGC  4525 • UGC  7714 • PGC  41755 • CGCG  159-016 • MCG  + 05-30-020 • IRAS  F12313 + 3033 • KUG  1231 + 305 • 2MASX  J12335119 + 3016390 • GC  3074 • H  II 325 • h  1328 • WISEA J123351. 18 + 301639.1 • LDCE 867 NED119

NGC 4525 is a faint spiral galaxy of the Hubble type Sab / P in the constellation Haar der Berenike in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 53 million light years from the Milky Way and approximately 40,000 light years in diameter. Together with 18 other galaxies, it forms the NGC 4274 group ( LGG 279 ).

In the same area of ​​the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 4514 .

The object was discovered on March 13, 1785 by the astronomer William Herschel using his 18.7-inch mirror telescope.

Web links

Commons : NGC 4525  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. ↑ a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. ↑ a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 4525
  4. ^ VizieR
  5. ↑ Seligman