NGC 4162

NGC4162 is a spiral galaxy in the constellation of Coma Berenices. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of. However, 19 non-redshift measurements give a closer mean distance of. It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 10 April 1785.
NGC 4162 has an active galactic nucleus, i.e. it has a compact region at the center of a galaxy that emits a significant amount of energy across the electromagnetic spectrum, with characteristics indicating that this luminosity is not produced by the stars.

Supernovae

Three supernovae have been observed in NGC 4162:SN1965G was discovered by Mexican astronomer Guillermo Haro on 23 March 1965.SN2001hg was discovered by Tim Puckett and Ajai Sehgal on 4 December 2001.SN2019edo was discovered by All Sky [Automated Survey for SuperNovae|ASAS-SN] on 27 April 2019.