NGC 4558
Galaxy NGC 4558 |
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IC 3556 (lu) & NGC 4558, SDSS image | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Berenike's hair |
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 |
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 .
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