NGC 4369
| Galaxy NGC 4369 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hunting dogs |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 24 m 36.2 s |
| declination | + 39 ° 22 ′ 59 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R) SA (rs) a / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.3 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.1 ′ × 2 ′ |
| Position angle | 127 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.003486 ± 0.000020 |
| Radial velocity | 1045 ± 6 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(48 ± 3) x 10 6 ly (14.8 ± 1.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 17, 1787 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4369 • UGC 7489 • PGC 40396 • CGCG 216-002 • MCG + 07-26-04 • IRAS 12221 + 3939 • KUG 1222 + 396 • 2MASX J12243620 + 3922587 • Mrk 439 • GC 2924 • H I 166 • h 1234 • LDCE 0867 NED108 | |
NGC 4369 is a spiral galaxy of Hubble type Sa in the constellation Canes Venatici the northern sky . It is around 48 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 27,000 light years . The object is listed as a starburst galaxy .
On November 22, 2005, Migliardi discovered the supernova SN 2005kl of type Ic in this galaxy .
NGC 4369 was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on March 17, 1787 .
Web links
- NGC 4369. In: Wikisky. Retrieved January 13, 2010 .
- SIMBAD Astronomical Database