NGC 4084

NGC 4084 is an elliptical galaxy[3] located 315 million light-years away[4] in the constellation Coma Berenices.[5] NGC 4084 was discovered by astronomer Heinrich d'Arrest on April 26, 1865.[6] NGC 4084 is an isolated member of the Coma Supercluster[7] and is classified as a LINER galaxy.[8]

NGC 4084
SDSS image of NGC 4084.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationComa Berenices
Right ascension 12h 05m 15.2s[1]
Declination21° 12′ 52″[1]
Redshift0.022576[1]
Helio radial velocity6768 km/s[1]
Distance315 Mly (96.6 Mpc)[1]
Apparent magnitude (V)15.40[1]
Characteristics
TypeE[2]
Size~112,100 ly (34.37 kpc) (estimated)[1]
Apparent size (V)0.4 x 0.4[1]
Other designations
PGC 038272, MCG +04-29-014[1]

See also

References
  1. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 4084. Retrieved 2019-02-19.
  2. "HyperLeda Database". Results for NGC 4084. Retrieved 2019-02-19.
  3. "HyperLeda -object description". leda.univ-lyon1.fr. Retrieved 2019-02-20.
  4. "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2019-02-20.
  5. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 4084". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2019-02-20.
  6. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 4050 - 4099". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2019-02-03.
  7. Gregory, S. A.; Thompson, L. A. (June 1978). "The Coma/A1367 supercluster and its environs". The Astrophysical Journal. 222: 784–799. Bibcode:1978ApJ...222..784G. doi:10.1086/156198. ISSN 0004-637X.
  8. "NGC 4084". sim-id. Retrieved 2019-02-20.
  • Media related to NGC 4084 at Wikimedia Commons


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