NGC 4320
| Galaxy NGC 4320 |
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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 22 m 57.7 s |
| declination | + 10 ° 32 ′ 54 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S? |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.0 '× 0.6' |
| Position angle | 170 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster (??) NGC 4325 group |
| Redshift | 0.026675 +/- 0.000137 |
| Radial velocity | 7997 +/- 41 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(355 ± 25) x 10 6 ly (108.7 ± 7.6) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | April 15, 1865 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4320 • UGC 7452 • PGC 40160 • CGCG 070-036 • MCG + 02-32-018 • IRAS 12204 + 1049 • 2MASX J12225772 + 1032540 • VCC 599 • LDCE 890 NED002 | |
NGC 4320 is a merging spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sb in the constellation Virgo north of the ecliptic . It is an estimated 355 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 105,000 ly. The galaxy is listed under catalog number VVC 599 as part of the Virgo Galaxy Cluster.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4325 , IC 3199 , IC 3220 , IC 3240 .
The object was discovered by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on April 15, 1865 .
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