NGC 4308
| Galaxy NGC 4308 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Berenike's hair |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 21 m 56.8 s |
| declination | + 30 ° 04 ′ 28 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E: |
| 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 291 |
| Redshift | 0.001965 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 589 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(26 ± 2) x 10 6 ly (8.1 ± 0.58) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Truman Safford |
| Discovery date | June 11, 1868 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4308 • UGC 7426 • PGC 40011 • CGCG 158-088 • MCG + 05-29-069 • 2MASX J12215687 + 3004271 • LDCE 0867 NED103 | |
NGC 4308 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E in the constellation Coma Berenices the northern sky . It is estimated to be 26 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on June 11, 1868 by Truman Henry Safford .
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