Key facts
- Constellation
- Coma Berenices
- Right ascension
- 12 20 06.8
- Declination
- +29 ° 16 ′ 51 ″
- Redshift
- 0.002068 ± 0.000017
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 620 ± 5 km / s
- Distance
- 55.1 ± 19 Mly (16.9 ± 5.9 Mpc )
- Group or cluster
- Coma I
- Type
- E1-2
- Apparent size v
- 4.1 ′ × 3.8 ′
- Notable features
- LINER
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- elliptical galaxy
- Constellation
- Coma Berenices
- Distance from Earth
- 7.34
- Image
- Ngc4278-hst-R850GB475.jpg
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- catalog code
- GB6 B1217+2933
- Commons category
- NGC 4278
- discoverer or inventor
- William Herschel
- time of discovery or invention
- 1785-03-13
- apparent magnitude
- 9.918
- redshift
- 0.002165
- galaxy morphological type
- E
- right ascension
- 185.028440125
- declination
- 29.280753444
- radial velocity
- 630
- epoch
- J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 4278 is an elliptical galaxy located in the constellation Coma Berenices. It is located at a distance of circa 55 million light years from Earth, which, given its apparent dimensions, means that NGC 4278 is about 65,000 light years across. It was discovered by William Herschel on March 13, 1785. NGC 4278 is part of the Herschel 400 Catalogue and can be found about one and 3/4 of a degree northwest of Gamma Comae Berenices even with a small telescope.
Charasteristics
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