NGC 4341
| Galaxy NGC 4341 |
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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 53.5 s |
| declination | + 07 ° 06 ′ 26 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (s) 0 ^ 0 ^ |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.70 × 0.6 |
| Position angle | 96 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster LGG 292 |
| Redshift | 0.003076 ± 0.000068 |
| Radial velocity | 922 ± 20 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(38 ± 3) x 10 6 ly (11.6 ± 0.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 13, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4341 • IC 3260 • UGC 7472 • PGC 40280 • CGCG 042-076 • MCG + 01-32-042 • 2MASX J12235347 + 0706261 • VCC 672 • GC 2905 • H III 95 • LDCE 904 NED083 | |
NGC 4341 = IC 3260 , is a lenticular dwarf galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 38 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 20,000 ly. The galaxy is registered as a member of the Virgo Galaxy Cluster under catalog number VCC 672 .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4342 , NGC 4365 , IC 3259 , IC 3267 and PGC 40338 .
The object was discovered on April 13, 1784 by the astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .