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NGC 4091

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NGC4091
SDSSimage of NGC 4091.NGC 4089can be seen to the right the image.
Observation data (J2000epoch)
ConstellationComa Berenices
Right ascension12h05m40.1s[1]
Declination20° 33′ 21″[1]
Redshift0.025638[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity7686 km/s[1]
Distance360Mly(109Mpc)[1]
GrouporclusterNGC 4065 Group
Apparent magnitude(V)15.2[1]
Characteristics
TypeSb[2]
Size~146,400ly(44.89kpc) (estimated)[1]
Apparent size(V)1.1 x 0.25[1]
Other designations
UGC 07083, PGC 038308, MCG +04-29-019[1]

NGC 4091is aspiral galaxy[3][4]located 360 millionlight-yearsaway[4]in theconstellationComa Berenices.[5]The galaxy was discovered by astronomerHeinrich d'Arreston May 2, 1864.[6]NGC 4091 is a member of theNGC 4065 Group[7][8][9]and is aLINERgalaxy.[10]

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References

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  1. ^abcdefghi"NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database".Results for NGC 4091.Retrieved2019-02-10.
  2. ^"HyperLeda Database".Results for NGC 4091.Retrieved2019-02-10.
  3. ^"HyperLeda -object description".leda.univ-lyon1.fr.Retrieved2019-02-11.
  4. ^ab"Your NED Search Results".ned.ipac.caltech.edu.Retrieved2019-02-11.
  5. ^"Revised NGC Data for NGC 4091".spider.seds.org.Retrieved2019-02-11.
  6. ^"New General Catalog Objects: NGC 4050 - 4099".cseligman.com.Retrieved2019-02-03.
  7. ^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.ISSN0004-637X.
  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.Bibcode:1987AJ.....94..587B.doi:10.1086/114494.ISSN0004-6256.
  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.arXiv:astro-ph/9907283.Bibcode:1999AJ....118.2014W.doi:10.1086/301103.ISSN0004-6256.S2CID73667751.
  10. ^"NGC 4091".sim-id.Retrieved2019-02-11.
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