PGC 39841

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Galaxy
LEDA / PGC 39841
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Constellation Hunting dogs
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 12 h 20 m 40.569 s
declination + 46 ° 15 ′ 19.57 ″
Appearance
Morphological type E2  
Brightness  (visual) 14.5 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.5 mag
Angular expansion 0.40 ′ × 0.4 ′
Surface brightness 12.6 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.023286 ± 0.000101  
Radial velocity 6981 ± 30 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(314 ± 22)  x  10 6  ly
(96.4 ± 6.8)  Mpc 
history
Catalog names
NGC  4288A  • PGC  39841 • MCG  + 08-23-007 • 2MASX  J12204053 + 4615196 • GALEX ASC J122040.69 + 461519.7 • HOLM 371B • WISEA J122040.57 + 461519.6

LEDA / PGC 39841 (also NGC 4288A ) is an elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Hounds in the northern sky . It is an estimated 314 million light years from the Milky Way and about 35,000 light years in diameter. Together with NGC 4288 , it forms the optical galaxy pair Holm 371 .

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Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : PGC 39841