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NGC 4208

galaxy

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Vinony files it under Astronomical objects discovered in 1784, Coma Berenices and Flocculent spiral galaxies.

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Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type: H2G
Redshift: z = -0.00026681568085606955
Morphology: SA
Coordinates: RA 183.9139° · Dec 13.9015°

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Key facts

Constellation: Coma Berenices
Right ascension: 12 15 39.3
Declination: 13 ° 54 ′ 05 ″
Redshift: -0.000270, (minus sign , indicates blueshift )
Heliocentric radial velocity: -81 km/s
Distance: 53 Mly (16.4 Mpc )
Group or cluster: Virgo Cluster
Type: SAc, LINER
Size: ~55,000 ly (17 kpc ) (estimated)
Apparent size v: 3.2 x 1.9

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Wikidata facts

Distance from Earth: 22
Image: SDSS NGC 4212.jpg

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catalog code: LEDA 39224
redshift: -0.00052
time of discovery or invention: 1784-04-08
apparent magnitude: 8.375
galaxy morphological type: Sc(dSc)
Commons category: NGC 4208
right ascension: 183.91391940842010
declination: 13.90150693475720
radial velocity: -156

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 4212 is a flocculent spiral galaxy with LINER activity located about 53 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. The galaxy was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on April 8, 1784, and was listed in the NGC catalog as NGC 4208. He then observed the same galaxy and listed it as NGC 4212. Astronomer John Louis Emil Dreyer later concluded that NGC 4208 was identical to NGC 4212. NGC 4212 is a member of the Virgo Cluster.