NGC 4351
| Galaxy NGC 4351 / NGC 4354 |
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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 24 m 01.501 s |
| declination | + 12 ° 12 ′ 17.20 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (rs) ab / pec: / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.0 likes |
| Angular expansion | 2.00 × 1.4 |
| Position angle | 80 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster |
| Redshift | 0.007667 ± 0.000006 |
| Radial velocity | 2299 ± 2 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(100 ± 7) x 10 6 ly (30.7 ± 2.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | May 19, 1863 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4351/4354 • UGC 7476 • PGC 40306 • CGCG 070-045 • MCG + 02-32-024 • IRAS 12214 + 1229 • 2MASX J12240156 + 1212180 • VCC 692 • LDCE 904 NED085 | |
NGC 4351 = NGC 4354 is a bar-spiral galaxy with extensive star formation areas of the Hubble type SBab in the constellation Virgo at the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 100 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 60,000 ly. The galaxy is listed as a member of the Virgo galaxy cluster under catalog number VCC 889 and is located close to its center.
The galaxies IC 3224 , IC 3258 , IC 3291 , IC 3311 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on May 19, 1863 by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest . On April 17, 1887, the galaxy was also observed by the astronomer Lewis A. Swift and recorded in the NGC catalog as NGC 4354.
literature
- Pappalardo et al .: The Herschel Virgo Cluster Survey. XI. Environmental effects on molecular gas and dust in spiral disks. ; Astronomy and Astrophysics, Vol. 545, A75 (2012)