NGC 4336
| Galaxy NGC 4336 / IC 3254 |
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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 23 m 29.8 s |
| declination | + 19 ° 25 ′ 37 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB0 / a |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 162 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.0 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 289 |
| Redshift | 0.003439 ± 0.000137 |
| Radial velocity | 1031 ± 41 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(45 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (13.7 ± 1.1) Mpc |
| diameter | 28,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 27, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4336 • IC 3254 • UGC 7462 • PGC 40231 • CGCG 099-035 • MCG + 03-32-020 • IRAS F12209 + 1942 • 2MASX J12232983 + 1925373 • GC 2901 • H II 406 • h 1219 • HOLM 389A • LDCE 904 NED077 | |
NGC 4336 = IC 3254 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 / a in the constellation Haar der Berenice in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 45 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 25,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by William Herschel on April 27, 1785 and recorded in the NGC catalog as NGC 4336 . Royal Frost discovered the galaxy on May 7, 1904, which is listed in the IC catalog as IC 3254 .
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