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Vinony's link graph records 677 inbound references to NGC 4100, and connects out to NGC 4624, epoch and NGC 4517.

Vinony files it under Astronomical objects discovered in 1788, Discoveries by William Herschel and M109 Group.

Vinony links it to 30 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Constellation
Ursa Major
Right ascension
12 06 08.602
Declination
+49 ° 34 ′ 56.32 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
1,072 ± 6 km/s
Distance
65.1 Mly (20.0 Mpc )
Group or cluster
NGC 3992 group
Type
SAbc
Mass
33.3 +10.7, −12.7 × 10 M ☉

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
spiral galaxy
Constellation
Ursa Major
Distance from Earth
19.8
Image
NGC 4100 GALEX WikiSky.jpg
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catalog code
LEDA 38370
Commons category
NGC 4100
discoverer or inventor
William Herschel
time of discovery or invention
1788-00-00
apparent magnitude
11.040
galaxy morphological type
SAbc
right ascension
181.5358417
declination
49.5823111
redshift
0.003582
radial velocity
1153
epoch
J2000.0

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 4100 is a spiral galaxy in the northern constellation of Ursa Major. It was discovered by William Herschel on Mar 9, 1788. This galaxy is a member of the NGC 3992 group in the Ursa Major Cluster.

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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 4100” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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