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NGC 4088 | |
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Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Ursa Major[1] |
Right ascension | 12h 05m 34.2s[2] |
Declination | +50° 32′ 21″[2] |
Redshift | 0.002524[2] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 757 ± 1 km/s[2] |
Distance | 51.5 ± 4.5 Mly (15.8 ± 1.4 Mpc)[3] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 11.2[2] |
Characteristics | |
Type | SAB(rs)bc[2] |
Apparent size (V) | 5.8′ × 2.2′[2] |
Other designations | |
UGC 7081,[2] PGC 38302,[2] Arp 18,[2] VV 357[2] |
NGC 4088 is an intermediate spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major. The galaxy forms a physical pair with NGC 4085, which is located 11′ away.[4]
NGC 4088 is a grand design spiral galaxy.[5] This means that the spiral arms in the galaxy's disk are sharply defined. In visible light, one of the spiral arms appears to have a disconnected segment. Halton Arp included this galaxy in the Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies as one of several examples where this phenomenon occurs.[6]
NGC 4088 and NGC 4085 are members of the M109 Group, a group of galaxies located in the constellation Ursa Major. This large group contains between 41 and 58 galaxies, including the spiral galaxy M109.[7][8][9]
Three supernovae have been observed in NGC 4088: