NGC 4344
| Galaxy NGC 4344 |
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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 37.5 s |
| declination | + 17 ° 32 ′ 27 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SpN / BCD / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.7 '× 1.6' |
| Position angle | 90 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 289 |
| Redshift | 0.003809 ± 0.000020 |
| Radial velocity | 1142 ± 6 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(49 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (15.1 ± 1.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 14, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4344 • UGC 7468 • PGC 40249 • CGCG 099-037 • MCG + 03-32-022 • 2MASX J12233719 + 1732150 • VCC 655 • GC 2908 • H III 31 • h 1224 • LDCE 0904 NED080 | |
NGC 4344 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Haar der Berenike in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 49 million light years from the Milky Way . The galaxy is listed under catalog number VVC 655 as part of the Virgo galaxy cluster .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on March 14, 1784 .
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