NGC 4300
| Galaxy NGC 4300 |
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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 21 m 42.5 s |
| declination | + 05 ° 23 ′ 05 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sa; Sy / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.5 '× 0.6' |
| Position angle | 42 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 281 |
| Redshift | 0.007705 ± 0.000103 |
| Radial velocity | 2310 ± 31 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(99 ± 7) · 10 6 ly (30.5 ± 2.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 17, 1786 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4300 • UGC 7413 • PGC 39972 • CGCG 042-044 • MCG + 01-32-021 • 2MASX J12214148 + 0523051 • VCC 492 • GC 2876 • H II 572 • h 1201 • LDCE 0904 NED062 | |
NGC 4300 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sa in the constellation Virgo the northern sky . It is estimated to be 99 million light years from the Milky Way . The galaxy is listed under catalog number VVC 492 as part of the Virgo galaxy cluster .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on April 17, 1786 .
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