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galaxy

Key facts

Constellation
Coma Berenices
Right ascension
12 05 15.2
Declination
21 ° 12 ′ 52 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
6768 km/s
Distance
315 Mly (96.6 Mpc )
Type
E
Size
~112,100 ly (34.37 kpc ) (estimated)
Apparent size v
0.4 x 0.4

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
galaxy group
Constellation
Coma Berenices
Distance from Earth
97.63
Image
SDSS NGC 4084.jpg
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right ascension
181.31358241511210
catalog code
Gaia DR2 3999790725076195072
declination
21.21446417633680
galaxy morphological type
E
discoverer or inventor
Heinrich Louis d'Arrest
time of discovery or invention
1865-04-26
radial velocity
6699
apparent magnitude
12.579
Commons category
NGC 4084
redshift
0.02260
epoch
J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview

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

See also

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 4084” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.