Key facts
- Constellation
- Ursa Major
- Right ascension
- 12 06 08.602
- Declination
- +49 ° 34 ′ 56.32 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 1,072 ± 6 km/s
- Distance
- 65.1 Mly (20.0 Mpc )
- Group or cluster
- NGC 3992 group
- Type
- SAbc
- Mass
- 33.3 +10.7, −12.7 × 10 M ☉
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- spiral galaxy
- Constellation
- Ursa Major
- Distance from Earth
- 19.8
- Image
- NGC 4100 GALEX WikiSky.jpg
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- catalog code
- LEDA 38370
- Commons category
- NGC 4100
- discoverer or inventor
- William Herschel
- time of discovery or invention
- 1788-00-00
- apparent magnitude
- 11.040
- galaxy morphological type
- SAbc
- right ascension
- 181.5358417
- declination
- 49.5823111
- redshift
- 0.003582
- radial velocity
- 1153
- epoch
- J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 4100 is a spiral galaxy in the northern constellation of Ursa Major. It was discovered by William Herschel on Mar 9, 1788. This galaxy is a member of the NGC 3992 group in the Ursa Major Cluster.
Gallery
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