NGC 4100

NGC 4100
Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 4100
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationUrsa Major
Right ascension12h 06m 08.602s[1]
Declination+49° 34′ 56.32″[1]
Redshift0.003582[2]
Heliocentric 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]

References

  1. ^ a b Skrutskie, Michael F.; et al. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. S2CID 18913331.
  2. ^ a b c d e "NGC 4100". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
  3. ^ a b Lianou, S.; et al. (November 2019). "Dust properties and star formation of approximately a thousand local galaxies". Astronomy & Astrophysics. 631: 19. arXiv:1906.02712. Bibcode:2019A&A...631A..38L. doi:10.1051/0004-6361/201834553. S2CID 174801441. A38.
  4. ^ a b Karachentsev, I. D.; et al. (March 2013). "Anatomy of Ursa Majoris". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 429 (3): 2264–2273. arXiv:1211.5975. Bibcode:2013MNRAS.429.2264K. doi:10.1093/mnras/sts494.
  5. ^ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 4100 - 4149". cseligman.com. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
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