Astronomy:NGC 4091

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Short description: Galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices
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)
ConstellationComa Berenices
Right ascension 12h 05m 40.1s[1]
Declination20° 33′ 21″[1]
Redshift0.025638[1]
Helio radial velocity7686 km/s[1]
Distance360 Mly (109 Mpc)[1]
Group or clusterNGC 4065 Group
Apparent magnitude (V)15.2[1]
Characteristics
TypeSb[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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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 1.8 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 4091. http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/. 
  2. "HyperLeda Database". Results for NGC 4091. http://leda.univ-lyon1.fr/. 
  3. "HyperLeda -object description". http://leda.univ-lyon1.fr/ledacat.cgi?PGC+038308++++++++++++++++++++. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 "Your NED Search Results". https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/nph-objsearch?objname=NGC%204091&extend=no&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES. 
  5. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 4091". http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC4091. 
  6. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 4050 - 4099". https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc40a.htm#4091. 
  7. Tifft, W. G.; Gregory, S. A. (1979-07-01). "Band theory applied to the Coma/A1367 supercluster". The Astrophysical Journal 231: 23–27. doi:10.1086/157158. ISSN 0004-637X. Bibcode1979ApJ...231...23T. 
  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. doi:10.1086/114494. ISSN 0004-6256. Bibcode1987AJ.....94..587B. 
  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. doi:10.1086/301103. ISSN 0004-6256. Bibcode1999AJ....118.2014W. 
  10. "NGC 4091". http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=NGC+4091&QueryType=ned. 

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