NGC 4086

NGC 4086 is a lenticular galaxy located 330 million light-years away[2] in the constellation Coma Berenices.[3] NGC 4086 was discovered by astronomer Heinrich d'Arrest on May 2, 1864[4] and is a member of the NGC 4065 Group.[5][6][7][8]

NGC 4086
SDSS image of NGC 4086.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationComa Berenices
Right ascension12h 05m 29.4s[1]
Declination20° 14′ 48″[1]
Redshift0.023660[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity7093 km/s[1]
Distance330 Mly (101 Mpc)[1]
Group or clusterNGC 4065 Group
Apparent magnitude (V)14.59[1]
Characteristics
TypeS0[1]
Size~130,000 ly (41 kpc) (estimated)[1]
Apparent size (V)1.0 x 0.9[1]
Other designations
UGC 07076, PGC 038290, MCG +04-29-016[1]

NGC 4086 is classified as a LINER galaxy.[9]

See also

References
  1. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 4086. Retrieved 2019-02-09.
  2. "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
  3. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 4086". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
  4. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 4050 - 4099". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2019-02-03.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
  8. Freeland, E.; Stilp, A.; Wilcots, E. (2009-07-01). "H I 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.
  9. "NGC 4086". sim-id. Retrieved 2019-02-10.
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