NGC 4309
| Galaxy NGC 4309 |
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| SDSS image from NGC 4309, PGC 40059 (above) | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 22 m 12.4 s |
| declination | + 07 ° 08 ′ 40 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (r) 0+ |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.8 'x 1.0' |
| Position angle | 85 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 292 |
| Redshift | 0.002899 ± 0.000037 |
| Radial velocity | (869 ± 11) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(36 ± 3) x 10 6 ly (10.9 ± 0.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Christian Peters |
| Discovery date | 1881 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4309 • UGC 7435 • PGC 40033 • CGCG 042-051 • MCG + 01-32-025 • 2MASX J12221234 + 0708398 • VCC 534 • LDCE 0904 NED069 | |
NGC 4309 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0-a in the constellation Virgo in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 36 million light years from the Milky Way . The galaxy is listed under catalog number VVC 524 as part of the Virgo galaxy cluster .
The object was discovered in 1881 by Christian August Friedrich Peters .
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