NGC 4065

NGC 4065 is an elliptical galaxy located 300 million light-years away^[2] in the constellation Coma Berenices.^[3] The galaxy was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on April 27, 1785. It was then rediscovered by John Herschel on April 29, 1832 and was listed as NGC 4057.^[4] NGC 4065 is the brightest^[5][6][7][8] member of the NGC 4065 Group.^{[5][9][10][6][11][12][13][7][14][15]}

NGC 4065
SDSS image of NGC 4065. The halo of NGC 4061 can be seen at the right of the image.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Coma Berenices
Right ascension	12h 04m 06.2s[1]
Declination	20° 14′ 06″[1]
Redshift	0.021101[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity	6326 km/s[1]
Distance	300 Mly (91 Mpc)[1]
Group or cluster	NGC 4065 Group
Apparent magnitude (V)	13.58[1]
Characteristics
Type	E[1]
Size	~120,000 ly (37 kpc) (estimated)[1]
Apparent size (V)	1.1 x 1.0[1]
Other designations
NGC 4057, MCG +04-29-007, PGC 038156, UGC 07050, VV 179a[1]

NGC 4065 is a companion of NGC 4061.^[10][16] The two galaxies form an interacting^[16][6] pair, as evidenced by distortions in their optical isophotes.^[6][11]

It is classified as a radio galaxy.^[11][6]

See also

• List of NGC objects (4001–5000)