NGC 4086

{{Short description|Galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices}}

{{Infobox Galaxy

| name = NGC 4086

| image = 250px

|caption= SDSS image of NGC 4086.

| constellation name = Coma Berenices

| epoch = J2000

| type = S0{{cite web

| title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database

| work=Results for NGC 4086

| url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/

| access-date=2019-02-09}}

| ra = {{RA|12|05|29.4}}

| dec = {{DEC|20|14|48}}

| dist_ly = {{convert|101|Mpc|Mly|abbr=on|lk=on|order=flip}}

| z = 0.023660

|h_radial_v = 7093 km/s

| group_cluster = NGC 4065 Group

| appmag_v = 14.59

| size_v = 1.0 x 0.9

|size=~{{convert|41|kpc|ly|abbr=on|lk=on|order=flip}} (estimated)

| names = UGC 07076, PGC 038290, MCG +04-29-016

}}

NGC 4086 is a lenticular galaxy located 330 million light-years away{{Cite web|url=https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=+NGC+4086&extend=no&hconst=73&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES|title=Your NED Search Results|website=ned.ipac.caltech.edu|access-date=2019-02-10}} in the constellation Coma Berenices.{{Cite web|url=http://spider.seds.org/ngc/revngcic.cgi?NGC4086|title=Revised NGC Data for NGC 4086|website=spider.seds.org|access-date=2019-02-10}} NGC 4086 was discovered by astronomer Heinrich d'Arrest on May 2, 1864{{Cite web|url=https://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc40a.htm#4086|title=New General Catalog Objects: NGC 4050 - 4099|website=cseligman.com|access-date=2019-02-03}} and is a member of the NGC 4065 Group.{{Cite journal|last1=Tifft|first1=W. G.|last2=Gregory|first2=S. A.|date=1979-07-01|title=Band theory applied to the Coma/A1367 supercluster|journal=The Astrophysical Journal|volume=231|pages=23–27|doi=10.1086/157158|issn=0004-637X|bibcode=1979ApJ...231...23T}}{{Cite journal|last1=Burns|first1=Jack O.|last2=Hanisch|first2=Robert J.|last3=White|first3=Richard A.|last4=Nelson|first4=Eric R.|last5=Morrisette|first5=Kim A.|last6=Moody|first6=J. Ward|date=1987-09-01|title=A VLA 20 CM survey of poor groups of galaxies|journal=The Astronomical Journal|volume=94|pages=587–617|doi=10.1086/114494|issn=0004-6256|bibcode=1987AJ.....94..587B}}{{Cite journal|last1=White|first1=Richard A.|last2=Bliton|first2=Mark|last3=Bhavsar|first3=Suketu P.|last4=Bornmann|first4=Patricia|last5=Burns|first5=Jack O.|last6=Ledlow|first6=Michael J.|last7=Loken|first7=Christen|date=1999-11-01|title=A Catalog of Nearby Poor Clusters of Galaxies|journal=The Astronomical Journal|volume=118|issue=5|pages=2014–2037|doi=10.1086/301103|issn=0004-6256|bibcode=1999AJ....118.2014W|arxiv=astro-ph/9907283|s2cid=73667751}}{{Cite journal|last1=Freeland|first1=E.|last2=Stilp|first2=A.|last3=Wilcots|first3=E.|date=2009-07-01|title=H I Observations of Five Groups of Galaxies|journal=The Astronomical Journal|volume=138|issue=1|pages=295–304|doi=10.1088/0004-6256/138/1/295|issn=0004-6256|bibcode=2009AJ....138..295F|arxiv=0905.3907|s2cid=15714969}}

NGC 4086 is classified as a LINER galaxy.{{Cite web|url=http://simbad.u-strasbg.fr/simbad/sim-id?Ident=NGC+4086&QueryType=ned|title=NGC 4086|website=sim-id|access-date=2019-02-10}}