NGC 4085 & NGC 4088

Also Known as: UGC 7081, PGC 38302 (NGC 4088)

Object Type: Intermediate Spiral Galaxy (NGC 4085) Grand Design Spiral Galaxy (NGC 4088)

Constellation: Ursa Major

Distance from Earth: 62.6 million light years (NGC 4085), 51.5 million light years (NGC 4088)light years

Apparent Magnitude: 10.137 (NGC 4085), 11.2 (NGC 4088)

Coordinates: RA 12H 06M 39S DEC 50 deg 12 min 44 sec (NGC 4085), RA 12H 05M 34.2S DEC 50 deg 32 min 21 sec (NGC 4088)

Actual Size:

Apparent Dimensions: 2.2 arc-minutes x 0.57 arc-minutes (NGC 4085), 5.8 arc-minutes x 2.2 arc-minutes (NGC 4088)

Discovered by: William Herschel discovered NGC 4088 on 9 March 1788 and recorded it as I 206 with the notes: «Considerably bright, extended, 45° north preceding south following, 6' long, 4' broad, almost equally bright.»
On 12 April 1789 he discovered the galaxy NGC 4085 which he recorded as I 224 with the notes: «Considerably bright, pretty large, much extended, small nucleus.»

Description: NGC 4088 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major. The galaxy forms a physical pair with NGC 4085, which is located 11′ away.
NGC 4088 is a grand design spiral galaxy. 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 NGC 4088 galaxy in the Atlas of Peculiar Galaxies as one of several examples where this phenomenon occurs.
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.
It is also known as the Ursa Major North group. Unusually the group contains no major elliptical galaxies.
NGC 4088 and 4085 are at the front of this group at perhaps 50 million light years.

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NGC 4088 is a Spiral Galaxy in the Ursa Major constellation. NGC 4088 is situated north of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere.
Given its magnitude, NGC 4088 is visible with the help of a telescope having an aperture of 6 inches (150mm) or more.
NGC 4085 is a Intermediate Spiral Galaxy in the Ursa Major constellation. NGC 4085 is situated north of the celestial equator and, as such, it is more easily visible from the northern hemisphere.
Given its visual magnitude, NGC 4085 is visible with the help of a telescope having an aperture of 10 inches (250mm) or more.

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NGC 4085 & NGC 4088 Spiral Galaxies

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