NGC 4150

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NGC 4150
Elliptical Galaxy NGC 4150.jpg
Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 4150
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Coma Berenices
Right ascension 12h 10m 33s [1]
Declination +30° 25′ 05″ [1]
Redshift 0.000694 [2]
Helio radial velocity 208 ± 5 km/s [2]
Apparent magnitude  (V)11.64 [1]
Apparent magnitude  (B)12.0 [1]
Characteristics
Type SA(r)0^0^ [2]
Other designations
NGC 4150, LEDA 38742, 2MASX J12103365+3024053 [1]

NGC 4150 is an elliptical galaxy located approximately 45 million light years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. It was discovered by William Herschel on March 13, 1785. [3] [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "NGC 4150". SIMBAD . Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg . Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  3. ↑ "Elliptical galaxy NGC 4150". www.spacetelescope.org. Retrieved 2 June 2019.
  4. ↑ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 4150 - 4199". New General Catalog Objects: NGC 4150 - 4199. Retrieved 2 June 2019.


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