PGC 213973

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Galaxy
LEDA / PGC 213973
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NGC 4256 with LEDA 213973 [1] (u)
NGC 4256 with LEDA 213973 (u)
AladinLite
Constellation Dragon
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 12 h 18 m 40.8 s
declination + 65 ° 52 ′ 01 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0  
Angular expansion 0.46 ′ × 0.17 ′
Physical data
Redshift 0.009341 ± 0.000148  
Radial velocity 2800 ± 44 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(130 ± 9)  x  10 6  ly
(40.0 ± 2.9)  Mpc 
history
Catalog names
PGC  213973 • 2MASX  J12184077 + 6552010 • GALEX ASC J121840.77 + 655202.9 • SDSS J121840.78 + 655201.2 • NSA 19307

LEDA / PGC 213973 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Dragon in the northern sky . It is an estimated 631 million light years from the Milky Way .
In the same area of ​​the sky are the galaxies NGC 4210 , NGC 4221 , NGC 4256 .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. SIMBAD Astronomical Database