NGC 4334
| Galaxy NGC 4334 |
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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 23 m 23.9 s |
| declination | + 07 ° 28 ′ 24 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) from |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.0 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.2 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 135 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster? |
| Redshift | 0.014160 ± 0.000030 |
| Radial velocity | 4245 ± 9 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(187 ± 13) x 10 6 ly (57.2 ± 4.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 24, 1830 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4334 • UGC 7458 • PGC 40218 • CGCG 042-066 • MCG + 01-32-035 • IRAS 12208 + 0744 • 2MASX J12232386 + 0728230 • VCC 638 • GALEX ASC J122323.89 + 072824.5 • LDCE 886 NED004 | |
NGC 4334 is a spiral radio galaxy of the Hubble type SBab in the constellation Virgo at the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 187 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 120,000 light-years across. Under catalog number VCC 638 , it is considered a member of the Virgo galaxy cluster .
The galaxies NGC 4353 , NGC 4365 , NGC 4366 , IC 3259 are in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on April 24, 1830 .