---
title: "NGC 4014"
url: "https://spacecatalog.org/object/ngc-4014"
release: "DR1"
licence: "CC-BY-SA-4.0"
citation: "SpaceCatalog. NGC 4014 [catalogue entry]. Data release DR1 (2026-08-21). https://spacecatalog.org/object/ngc-4014"
---

# NGC 4014

NGC 4014 is a lenticular [galaxy](https://spacecatalog.org/galaxies) S0-a in the constellation [Coma Berenices](https://spacecatalog.org/constellation/coma-berenices), 187.1 Mly from Earth, shining at apparent magnitude 13.41 (B). Other catalogues list it as 2MASX J11583580+1610384, IRAS 11560+1627 and IRAS F11560+1627, among 10 designations in total. It was discovered in 1783.

## At a glance

- **WHAT IT IS:** Lenticular galaxy
- **HOW FAR:** 187.1 Mly — A luminosity distance, from its redshift — how faint it looks. The light itself left 168 million years ago.
- **HOW BIG ON THE SKY:** 1.6′ — Small enough that the full Moon would cover it several times over.
- **HOW BRIGHT (B):** 13.41 — Faint: it takes a large telescope.
- **WHERE TO LOOK:** [Coma Berenices](https://spacecatalog.org/constellation/coma-berenices) — The patch of sky it sits in, as seen from Earth.

## Properties

| Quantity | Value |
| --- | --- |
| CLASS | Lenticular galaxy S0-a |
| DISTANCE FROM EARTH | 187.1 Mly ±16 — by redshift (CMB frame), flat ΛCDM with H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc |
| APPARENT MAGNITUDE (B) | 13.41 |
| CONSTELLATION | Coma Berenices |
| RIGHT ASCENSION (J2000) | 11h 58m 35.8s |
| DECLINATION (J2000) | +16° 10′ 38.3″ |
| DISCOVERED | 1783 |

## Catalogue data

### WHAT KIND OF THING IT IS

What the object is in itself, rather than how it happens to look from here.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Hubble type | S0-a |

### HOW BRIGHT IT IS

What the light adds up to, measured through one filter at a time. A magnitude is a brightness on a backwards scale — the smaller the number, the brighter the object.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 13.41 |
| Apparent magnitude (J) | 10.52 |
| Apparent magnitude (H band) | 9.82 |
| Apparent magnitude (K) | 9.51 |
| Surface brightness | 23.19 mag/arcsec² |

### WHERE IT IS AND HOW IT MOVES

Position, motion across the sky and the size it covers on it. These are measurements of the object as seen from here, so every one of them depends on where here is.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Radial velocity | 3617 km/s |
| Redshift (z) | 0.01214 |
| Redshift (z, CMB frame) | 0.0132635 |
| Major axis | 1.63′ |
| Minor axis | 0.99′ |
| Position angle | 119° |

### WHEN IT WAS FOUND

Who first saw it, from where, and by what method.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Discovered by | William Herschel |

### OTHER NAMES AND NUMBERS

The identifiers other catalogues file this object under, for anyone joining this data to theirs.

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| OpenNGC type code | G |
| Wikidata item | Q1108508 |
| Wikipedia article | NGC 4014 |

## Also known as

- 2MASX: 2MASX J11583580+1610384
- IRAS: IRAS 11560+1627
- IRAS: IRAS F11560+1627
- LEDA: LEDA 37695
- MCG: MCG +03-31-005
- NGC: NGC 4014
- NGC: NGC 4028
- PGC: PGC 37695
- SDSS: SDSS J115835.83+161038.1
- UGC: UGC 6961

## Source

[OpenNGC](https://github.com/mattiaverga/OpenNGC) — CC-BY-SA-4.0

The producer asks: OpenNGC, Mattia Verga (github.com/mattiaverga/OpenNGC). Fields derived from it stay under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How this was made: https://spacecatalog.org/methods#source-openngc

## Cite this page

SpaceCatalog. NGC 4014 \[catalogue entry\]. Data release DR1 (2026-08-21). https://spacecatalog.org/object/ngc-4014

```bibtex
@misc{spacecatalog_ngc-4014,
  author       = {{SpaceCatalog}},
  title        = {{NGC 4014}},
  howpublished = {SpaceCatalog, data release DR1 (2026-08-21)},
  year         = {2026},
  url          = {https://spacecatalog.org/object/ngc-4014},
  note         = {Catalogue entry, data release DR1 (2026-08-21). Values from OpenNGC.}
}
```

OpenNGC — CC-BY-SA-4.0

Acknowledgement the producer asks for: OpenNGC, Mattia Verga (github.com/mattiaverga/OpenNGC). Fields derived from it stay under CC BY-SA 4.0.

The page itself, with its pictures, the sky map and the observing tools: https://spacecatalog.org/object/ngc-4014