NGC 4304
| Galaxy NGC 4304 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Water snake |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 22 m 12.7 s |
| declination | -33 ° 29 ′ 04 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ':) SB (rs) bc HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.0 '× 2.4' |
| Position angle | 12 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 280 |
| Redshift | 0.008753 ± 0.000010 |
| Radial velocity | (2624 ± 3) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(109 ± 8) · 10 6 ly (33.5 ± 2.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 28, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4304 • PGC 40055 • ESO 380- G020 • MCG -05-29-034 • 2MASX J12221272-3329038 • GC 2879 • h 3387 • LDCE 0884 NED005 | |
NGC 4304 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation Water Snake in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 109 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on April 28, 1834 .