The sky around NGC 4199, 3° across, north up NGC 4199B NGC 4199A NGC 4195 IC 3166 IC 3180 low-power eyepiece, 1° NE 1°
The sky around NGC 4199 at true scale, north up and east left, with stars to magnitude 8 and the NGC and IC objects in the field. The circles show the field of a low-power eyepiece and of 10×50 binoculars.

NGC 4199 · UGC 07253

NGC 4199

Galaxy pair in Ursa Major

Galaxy pair in Ursa Major.

URSA MAJOR

The box shows where NGC 4199 sits in Ursa Major.

Constellation
Ursa MajorUMa
Magnitude
-visual
Size
1.1′apparent
Distance
-light-years
Best month
Mayat 9 pm
Best with
Telescope

NGC 4199 is a galaxy pair in Ursa Major

NGC 4199 (UGC 07253) is a galaxy pair in the constellation Ursa Major. Spans 1.1′. It is a telescope object, 6 inches or larger, and it is highest in the evening sky in May.

Galaxy: a system of billions of stars, gas and dust held together by gravity, far outside the Milky Way. Spiral galaxies have a disk with arms; elliptical galaxies are smooth, round or oval swarms of older stars.

Finding NGC 4199 from δ UMa

δ UMa NGC 4199 URSA MAJOR

NGC 4199 lies 2.9° north of δ UMa, the magnitude 3.3 star. Three fingers held at arm's length cover about 5°.

NGC 4199 is highest in the evening in May

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The chart gives its height above the horizon at 9 pm through the year, from 60°N to 40°S. It can be seen from the whole northern hemisphere and south to about 30°S, and never sets north of 30°N.

The distance to NGC 4199 is not well measured

No reliable distance has been measured for it yet.

Objects within 6° of NGC 4199

77 NGC and IC objects lie within 6°. The nearest that are brighter than magnitude 12.5 or have their own page:

NGC 4199 catalog data

FieldValue
ConstellationUrsa Major
DesignationsNGC 4199, UGC 07253, MCG +10-18-011
Typegalaxy pair
Right ascension (J2000)12h 14.8m
Declination (J2000)+59° 54′
Apparent size1.1′
Best withTelescope
Best monthMay
Catalog pageNGC 4001 to 4500