NGC 4221
Sign in to savelenticular galaxy in the constellation Draco
Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- GiG
- Redshift
- z = 0.00439
- Morphology
- SAB
- Coordinates
- RA 183.9994° · Dec 66.2308°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Draco
- Right ascension
- 12 15 59.860
- Declination
- +66 ° 13 ′ 50.90 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 1313 ± 3 km/s
- Distance
- 75.9 Mly (23.28 Mpc )
- Group or cluster
- NGC 4256 Group
- Type
- (R)SB0 (r)
- Size
- 55,900 ly (17.15 kpc ) (estimated)
- Apparent size v
- 1.347 ′ × 0.943 ′
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Wikidata facts
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- discoverer or inventor
- John Frederick William Herschel
- right ascension
- 183.99943990150410
- time of discovery or invention
- 1832-04-03
- catalog code
- Gaia DR2 1681183000043255424
- apparent magnitude
- 11.309
- declination
- 66.23085173293920
- radial velocity
- 1313
- redshift
- 0.00439
- epoch
- J2000.0
- galaxy morphological type
- SB0
- Commons category
- NGC 4221
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 4221 is a barred lenticular galaxy located about 75.9 million light-years (23.28 megaparsecs) away in the constellation of Draco. It was discovered on April 3, 1832, by the astronomer John Herschel. NGC 4221 is notable for having an outer ring that surrounds the inner barred central region of the galaxy.
Group Membership
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