NGC 4091

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NGC 4091
SDSS NGC 4091.jpg
SDSS image of NGC 4091. NGC 4089 can be seen to the right the image.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Coma Berenices
Right ascension 12h 05m 40.1s [1]
Declination 20° 33′ 21″ [1]
Redshift 0.025638 [1]
Helio radial velocity 7686 km/s [1]
Distance 360  Mly (109  Mpc) [1]
Group or cluster NGC 4065 Group
Apparent magnitude  (V)15.2 [1]
Characteristics
Type Sb [2]
Size~146,400  ly (44.89  kpc) (estimated) [1]
Apparent size  (V)1.1 x 0.25 [1]
Other designations
UGC 07083, PGC 038308, MCG +04-29-019 [1]

NGC 4091 is a spiral galaxy [3] [4] located 360 million light-years away [4] in the constellation Coma Berenices. [5] The galaxy was discovered by astronomer Heinrich d'Arrest on May 2, 1864. [6] NGC 4091 is a member of the NGC 4065 Group [7] [8] [9] and is a LINER galaxy. [10]

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NGC 4055

NGC 4055 is an elliptical galaxy located 310 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. It was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on April 27, 1785. It was rediscovered by John Herschel on April 29, 1832. It is listed both as NGC 4061 and NGC 4055. NGC 4055 is a member of the NGC 4065 Group and forms an interacting pair with its companion, NGC 4065 as evidenced by distortions in their optical isophotes.

NGC 4065

NGC 4065 is an elliptical galaxy located 300 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. The galaxy was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on April 27, 1785. It was then rediscovered by John Herschel on April 29, 1832 and was listed as NGC 4057. NGC 4065 is the brightest member of the NGC 4065 Group.

NGC 4066

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NGC 4070

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NGC 4072

NGC 4072 is a lenticular galaxy located 300 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. The galaxy was discovered by astronomer Ralph Copeland on April 3, 1872 and is a member of the NGC 4065 Group.

NGC 4074

NGC 4074 is a peculiar lenticular galaxy located 310 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. It was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on April 27, 1785 and is a member of the NGC 4065 Group.

NGC 4076

NGC 4076 is a spiral galaxy located 290 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. The galaxy was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on April 27, 1785 and is a member of the NGC 4065 Group.

NGC 4086

NGC 4086 is a lenticular galaxy located 330 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. NGC 4086 was discovered by astronomer Heinrich d'Arrest on May 2, 1864 and is a member of the NGC 4065 Group.

NGC 4089

NGC 4089 is an elliptical galaxy located 340 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. NGC 4089 was discovered by astronomer Heinrich d'Arrest on May 4, 1864 and is a member of the NGC 4065 Group.

NGC 4090

NGC 4090 is a spiral galaxy located 340 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. The galaxy was discovered by astronomer Heinrich d'Arrest on May 2, 1864 and is a member of the NGC 4065 Group.

NGC 4092

NGC 4092 is a spiral galaxy located 310 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. It was discovered by astronomer Heinrich d'Arrest on May 2, 1864. NGC 4092 is a member of the NGC 4065 Group and hosts an AGN.

NGC 4093

NGC 4093 is an elliptical galaxy located 340 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. The galaxy was discovered by astronomer Heinrich d'Arrest on May 4, 1864. NGC 4093 is a member of the NGC 4065 Group and is a radio galaxy with a two sided jet.

NGC 4095

NGC 4095 is an elliptical galaxy located 330 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. The galaxy was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on April 26, 1785. NGC 4095 is a member of the NGC 4065 Group and is a LINER.

NGC 4098

NGC 4098 is an interacting pair of spiral galaxies located 330 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. NGC 4098 was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on April 26, 1785. It was then rediscovered by Hershel on December 27, 1786 was listed as NGC 4099. NGC 4098 is a member of the NGC 4065 Group.

NGC 4065 Group

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NGC 4298

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NGC 4296

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NGC 960 Spiral galaxy

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 4091. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
  2. ↑ "HyperLeda Database". Results for NGC 4091. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
  3. ↑ "HyperLeda -object description". leda.univ-lyon1.fr. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  4. 1 2 "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  5. ↑ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 4091". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2019-02-11.
  6. ↑ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 4050 - 4099". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2019-02-03.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ 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.
  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. ↑ "NGC 4091". sim-id. Retrieved 2019-02-11.


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