NGC 4343
| Galaxy NGC 4343 |
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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 38.7 s |
| declination | + 06 ° 57 ′ 15 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (rs) b: / Sy / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.2 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.3 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 133 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster M49 group NGC 4343 group WBL 403-001 LGG 292 |
| Redshift | 0.003382 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 1014 ± 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(42 ± 3) x 10 6 ly (12.9 ± 0.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 13, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4343 • UGC 7465 • PGC 40251 • CGCG 042-070 • MCG + 01-32-038 • IRAS 12210 + 0713 • 2MASX J12233869 + 0657141 • VCC 656 • GC 2907 • H III 94 • h 1223 • | |
NGC 4343 is a spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type Sb in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 42 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 30,000 ly. It is listed as a member of the Virgo galaxy cluster under the catalog name VCC 656 .
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 4341 , NGC 4342 , IC 3256 , IC 3267 , among others .
The object was discovered on April 13, 1784 by the astronomer William Herschel using his 18.7 inch mirror telescope.
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