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NGC 4278

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Right ascension: 12h 20m 06.82s
Declination: +29° 16′ 50.7″
Galactic l, b: 193.78, 82.77
Magnitude V: 10.16
Redshift z: 0.0021003
Radial velocity: 629 km/s
Angular size: 3.559′ × 3.239′

Also known as

74 identifiers

1RXP J122007.2+2916461RXS J122006.2+2916432MASS J12200681+29165052MASX J12200679+29165022MASX J12200682+29164982XMM J122006.8+2916517C 121736.50+293332.007C 121736.6+29331587GB 121735.6+293357B2 1217+29B2.1 1217+29B2.2 1217+29BWE 1217+2933CAIRNS J122006.82+291650.7CASG 170CRATES J122006+291703[DC78] UGC 7386EQ 1217+295FIRST J122006.8+291650GB6 B1217+2933GLEAM J122006+291709ICRF J122006.8+291650IERS B1217+295INTREF 487IRAS 12175+2933IRAS F12176+2933JCMTSE J122006.5+291649JCMTSF J122006.5+291649JVAS B1217+295JVAS J1220+2916KISS F1220-3863KISSR 29LEDA 39764[M98c] 121736.5+293326MITG J122007+2916NGC 4278NVSS J122006+291650RGB J1220.1+2916RGB J1220+292RX J1220.0+2916RX J122006.2+291643RX J122006+29168RX J1220.1+2916SDSS J122006.82+291650.6TGSSADR J122006.9+291651TIC 328862287TXS 1217+295UGC 7386UZC J122006.8+291651VIPS J12201+2916VLSSr J122005.8+291632WB 1217+2933WN B1217.6+2933Z 1217.6+2933Z 158-771LHAASO J1219+2915[ATZ98] D106[CAB95] IRAS F12176+2933[CHM2007] HDC 706 J122006.79+2916502[CHM2007] LDC 867 J122006.79+2916502[CRJ2004] J1220.1+2916[DML87] 655[FWB89] Galaxy 247[KRN93] 150[LB2005] NGC 4278 X1MCG+05-29-062[SMM2006b] J122006.82+291650.7[TT2002] Coma I 2[VV2000c] J122006.9+291651[VV2003c] J122006.9+291651[VV2006c] J122006.9+291651[VV2010c] J122006.9+291651[VV98c] J122006.9+291651[WTK2001] J122006.76+291649.8

In the same field

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Object	Type	Separation	V
[UFS2013] acs 1381	GlobCluster	46.22″	—
[CLW2011] NGC 4278 59	GlobCluster	57.06″	—
[UFS2013] acs 1362	GlobCluster	113.5″	—
[UFS2013] acs 1606	GlobCluster	136.5″	—
[UFS2013] acs 1365	GlobCluster	150.6″	—
[UFS2013] acs 965	GlobCluster	158″	—
[UFS2013] acs 498	GlobCluster	181.7″	—
NGC 4283	GtowardsGroup	212.2″	12.07
KISS F1215-387	EmissionG	370.7″	17.59
2MASX J12203574+2917594	BrightestCG	384.6″	16.82
SDSS J122021.97+292257.2	QSO	416.7″	—

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Machine-readable: /api/v1/object/ngc-4278 · Registry entry updated 2026-08-14.