NGC 4326

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Galaxy
NGC 4326
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NGC 4326 [1] SDSS image
NGC 4326 SDSS image
AladinLite
Constellation Virgin
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 12 h 23 m 11.633 s
declination + 06 ° 04 ′ 19.66 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SAB (r) from: / LINER  
Brightness  (visual) 13.4 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 14.2 mag
Angular expansion 1.4 '× 1.1'
Position angle 108 °
Surface brightness 13.7 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Affiliation Virgo Cluster (??)
WBL 402  
Redshift 0.023750 ± 0.000010  
Radial velocity 7120 3 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(315 ± 22)  ·  10 6  ly
(96.5 ± 6.8)  Mpc 
history
discovery William Herschel
Discovery date April 13, 1784
Catalog names
NGC  4326 • UGC  7454 • PGC  40192 • CGCG  042-064 • MCG  + 01-32-033 • 2MASX  J12231163 + 0604200 • VCC  623 • GC  2893 • H  II 141 • h  1213 • WISEA J122311.63 + 060419.6 • NSA 124495

NGC 4326 is a bar-spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type SBab in the constellation Virgo north of the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 315 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 130,000 light-years across. The galaxy is listed under catalog number VVC 623 as part of the Virgo Galaxy Cluster, but it is too far away for that.
In the same area of ​​the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4333 , NGC 4339 , IC 782 , IC 3268 .

The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on April 13, 1784 .

Web links

Commons : NGC 4326  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Aladin Lite
  2. a b c d e NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  3. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 4326
  4. Seligman