NGC 4363
| Galaxy NGC 4363 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Dragon |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 23 m 28.4 s |
| declination | + 74 ° 57 ′ 08 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAb: |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 1.4 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 14.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.004760 |
| Radial velocity | 1427 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(70 ± 5) · 10 6 ly (21.5 ± 1.5) Mpc |
| diameter | 13,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | December 10, 1797 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4363 • PGC 40233 • CGCG 352-032 • IRAS F12212 + 7513 • GC 2919 • H III 938 • | |
NGC 4363 is a ring-shaped dwarf galaxy of the Hubble-type SBR in the constellation Dragon in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 70 million light years from the Milky Way and about 10,000 light years in diameter.
The object was discovered by William Herschel on December 10, 1797 .