NGC 4558
| Galaxy NGC 4558 |
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| IC 3556 (lu) & NGC 4558, SDSS image | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Berenike's hair |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 35 m 52.6 s |
| declination | + 26 ° 59 ′ 32 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB0? |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 ′ × 0.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 19 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.026205 ± 0.000073 |
| Radial velocity | (7856 ± 22) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(351 ± 24) x 10 6 ly (107.6 ± 7.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 19, 1827 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4558 • PGC 41995 • CGCG 159-023 • MCG + 05-30-028 • 2MASX J12355268 + 2659310 • GALEX ASC J123552.53 + 265930.3 • LDCE 905 NED002 | |
NGC 4558 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Haar der Berenike in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 351 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 80,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 4556 , NGC 4563 , IC 3556 , IC 3559 , among others .
The object was discovered on April 19, 1827 by John Herschel .
Web links
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