Astronomy:NGC 4100

From HandWiki
Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major
NGC 4100
NGC 4100 HST 9788 R658nB814.png
Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 4100
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationUrsa Major
Right ascension 12h 06m 08.602s[1]
Declination+49° 34′ 56.32″[1]
Redshift0.003582[2]
Helio radial velocity1,072 ± 6 km/s[2]
Distance65.1 Mly (20.0 Mpc)[3]
Group or clusterNGC 3992 group[4]
Apparent magnitude (B)11.7[2]
Characteristics
TypeSAbc[2]
Mass33.3+10.7
−12.7
×109
[3] M
Other designations
NGC 4100, UGC 7095, MCG+08-22-068, PGC 38370[2]

NGC 4100 is a spiral galaxy in the northern constellation of Ursa Major. It was discovered by William Herschel on Mar 9, 1788.[5] This galaxy is a member of the NGC 3992 group in the Ursa Major Cluster.[4]

Gallery

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Skrutskie, Michael F. et al. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal 131 (2): 1163–1183. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. Bibcode2006AJ....131.1163S. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "NGC 4100". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-basic?Ident=NGC+4100. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Lianou, S. et al. (November 2019). "Dust properties and star formation of approximately a thousand local galaxies". Astronomy & Astrophysics 631: 19. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201834553. A38. Bibcode2019A&A...631A..38L. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 Karachentsev, I. D. et al. (March 2013). "Anatomy of Ursa Majoris". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 429 (3): 2264–2273. doi:10.1093/mnras/sts494. Bibcode2013MNRAS.429.2264K. 
  5. Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 4100 - 4149". https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc41.htm#4144. 

External links