NGC 4348
| Galaxy NGC 4348 |
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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 54.0 s |
| declination | -03 ° 26 ′ 35 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAbc: sp |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.2 'x 0.7' |
| Position angle | 38 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.006688 ± 0.000027 |
| Radial velocity | 2005 ± 8 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(85 ± 6) x 10 6 ly (26.0 ± 1.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | December 29, 1786 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4348 • PGC 40284 • CGCG 014-023 • MCG + 00-32-003 • 2MASX J12235396-0326344 • GC 2911 • H II 625 • h 1226 • LDCE 0895 NED001 | |
NGC 4348 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sbc in the constellation Virgo to the southern sky . It is estimated to be 85 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on December 29, 1786 .
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