NGC 4366
| Galaxy NGC 4366 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 24 m 47.0 s |
| declination | + 07 ° 21 ′ 11 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | dE6 / N |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.3 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 '× 0.4' |
| Position angle | 51 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster WBL 406-002 |
| Redshift | 0.004255 ± 0.000067 |
| Radial velocity | 1276 ± 20 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(54 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (16.5 ± 1.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 13, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4366 • PGC 40421 • CGCG 042-087 • MCG + 01-32-050 • 2MASX J12244694 + 0721113 • VCC 745 • GC 2922 • H III 97 • GALEX ASC J122447.02 + 072109.3 • EVCC 526 | |
NGC 4366 is an elliptical dwarf galaxy from the Hubble type de6 in the constellation Virgo to the ecliptic . It is an estimated 54 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 15,000 ly. Under the designation VCC 745 , it is considered a member of the Virgo galaxy cluster .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4341 , NGC 4365 , NGC 4370 , IC 3259 .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on April 13, 1784 .
Web links
Commons : NGC 4366 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
- SIMBAD Astronomical Database
- Spektrum.de : amateur recordings [1] , labeled environment record