NGC 4312
| Galaxy NGC 4312 |
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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 22 m 31.3 s |
| declination | + 15 ° 32 ′ 17 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (rs) from: / sp / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 4.6 '× 1.1' |
| Position angle | 170 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster |
| Redshift | 0.000510 ± 0.000023 |
| Radial velocity | (153 ± 7) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(36 ± 3) x 10 6 ly (10.9 ± 0.96) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | January 14, 1787 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4312 • UGC 7442 • PGC 40095 • CGCG 099-029 • MCG + 03-32-014 • IRAS 12199 + 1548 • 2MASX J12223135 + 1532165 • VCC 559 • GC 2886 • H II 628 • h 1209 • HOLM 387B • LDCE 904 NED070 • EVCC 451 | |
NGC 4312 is a spiral dwarf galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type Sab in the constellation Coma Berenices in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 35 million light years away from the Milky Way and about 70,000 light years in diameter. The galaxy is listed under catalog number VVC 559 as part of the Virgo galaxy cluster .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4321 , NGC 4323 , NGC 4328 , IC 783 .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on January 14, 1787 .
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