NGC 4234
| Galaxy NGC 4234 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 17 m 09.1 s |
| declination | + 03 ° 40 ′ 59 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SB (s) m / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 '× 1.3' |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo pile |
| Redshift | 0.006761 ± 0.000023 |
| Radial velocity | 2027 ± 7 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(87 ± 6) · 10 6 ly (26.6 ± 1.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 7, 1828 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4234 • UGC 7309 • PGC 39388 • CGCG 041-061 • MCG + 01-31-035 • IRAS 12146 + 0357 • 2MASX J12170789 + 0340563 • NVSS J121708 + 034055 • HOLM 358A • LDCE 904 NED029 • EVCC 268 | |
NGC 4234 is a bar-spiral galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type SBm in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 87 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 30,000 ly. It is listed as part of the Virgo galaxy cluster under catalog number VCC 221 .
The object was discovered on April 7, 1828 by John Herschel .