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Names NGC 4151, UGC 7166, MCG +07-25-044, PGC 38739, HOLM 345A
Right Ascension (2000.0) 12:10:32.6
Declination +39:24:21
Constellation Canes Venatici
Redshift (z) 0.003319 +/- 0.000010
Heliocentric Radial Velocity 995 +/- 3 km/s
Distance (esteem) 55,000,000 light years
Date (DD/MM/YYYY) 19/01/2010
Exposure time 6,300 seconds (21 x 300 exposures) with binning mode 2 x 2
CCD Camera SBIG ST-8XE
Telescope Meade Instruments Schmidt-Cassegrain 14" LX200 GPS
Focal length 3556 mm
Diameter 355.6 mm
Focal ratio 10
Field of View 13.3 x 8.9 arcminute
Original scale 1.044 arcsecond / pixel

Palomar Observatory Sky Survey images
POSS I/E DSS1 Red
POSS I/O DSS2 Blue
POSS II/F DSS2 Red
POSS II/J DSS2 Blue
POSS II Color
Sloan Digital Sky Survey images
SDSS image

Comments
This is a Seyfert galaxy. NGC 4156 is not in interaction. Redshift is 0.022531 +/- 0.000025, the Heliocentric Radial Velocity 6755 +/- 7 km/s and the Distance 308,000,000 light years.
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