NGC 4066

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NGC 4066
SDSS NGC 4066.jpg
SDSS image of NGC 4066
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Coma Berenices
Right ascension 12h 04m 09.4s [1]
Declination 20° 20′ 53″ [1]
Redshift 0.024567 [1]
Heliocentric radial velocity 7365 km/s [1]
Distance 340  Mly (105  Mpc) [1]
Group or cluster NGC 4065 Group
Apparent magnitude  (V)13.95 [1]
Characteristics
Type E [1]
Size~150,000  ly (47  kpc) (estimated) [1]
Apparent size  (V)1.2 x 1.2 [1]
Other designations
MCG +04-29-008, PGC 038161, UGC 07051 [1]

NGC 4066 is an elliptical galaxy located 340 million light-years away [2] in the constellation Coma Berenices. [3] The galaxy was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on April 27, 1785. [4] NGC 4066 is a member of the NGC 4065 Group. [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 4066. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
  2. ↑ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
  3. ↑ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 4066". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
  4. ↑ Gottlieb, Steve. "Astronomy-Mall: Adventures In Deep Space NGC objects 4001-4999". Astronomy-Mall. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
  5. ↑ Gregory, S. A.; Thompson, L. A. (1978-06-01). "The Coma/A1367 supercluster and its environs" . The Astrophysical Journal. 222: 784–799. Bibcode:1978ApJ...222..784G. doi:10.1086/156198. ISSN   0004-637X.
  6. ↑ Tifft, W. G.; Gregory, S. A. (1979-07-01). "Band theory applied to the Coma/A1367 supercluster". The Astrophysical Journal. 231: 23–27. Bibcode:1979ApJ...231...23T. doi:10.1086/157158. ISSN   0004-637X.
  7. ↑ Burns, Jack O.; Hanisch, Robert J.; White, Richard A.; Nelson, Eric R.; Morrisette, Kim A.; Moody, J. Ward (1987-09-01). "A VLA 20 CM survey of poor groups of galaxies". The Astronomical Journal. 94: 587–617. Bibcode:1987AJ.....94..587B. doi:10.1086/114494. ISSN   0004-6256.
  8. ↑ Doe, Stephen M.; Ledlow, Michael J.; Burns, Jack O.; White, Richard A. (1995-07-01). "ROSAT Observations of Five Poor Galaxy Clusters with Extended Radio Sources". The Astronomical Journal. 110: 46. Bibcode:1995AJ....110...46D. doi: 10.1086/117496 . ISSN   0004-6256.
  9. ↑ White, Richard A.; Bliton, Mark; Bhavsar, Suketu P.; Bornmann, Patricia; Burns, Jack O.; Ledlow, Michael J.; Loken, Christen (1999-11-01). "A Catalog of Nearby Poor Clusters of Galaxies". The Astronomical Journal. 118 (5): 2014–2037. arXiv: astro-ph/9907283 . Bibcode:1999AJ....118.2014W. doi:10.1086/301103. ISSN   0004-6256. S2CID   73667751.
  10. ↑ Helsdon, Stephen F.; Ponman, Trevor J.; O'Sullivan, Ewan; Forbes, Duncan A. (2001-08-01). "X-ray luminosities of galaxies in groups". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 325 (2): 693–706. arXiv: astro-ph/0103293 . Bibcode:2001MNRAS.325..693H. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-8711.2001.04490.x . ISSN   0035-8711. S2CID   17732882.
  11. ↑ "NGC 4066". sim-id. Retrieved 2019-02-02.
  12. ↑ Freeland, E.; Stilp, A.; Wilcots, E. (2009-07-01). "HI Observations of Five Groups of Galaxies". The Astronomical Journal. 138 (1): 295–304. arXiv: 0905.3907 . Bibcode:2009AJ....138..295F. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/138/1/295. ISSN   0004-6256. S2CID   15714969.


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