NGC 4373
| Galaxy NGC 4373 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | centaur |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 25 m 17.8 s |
| declination | -39 ° 45 ′ 35 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (rs) 0-: |
| Brightness (visual) | 10.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 11.9 likes |
| Angular expansion | 3.6 ′ × 2.6 ′ |
| Position angle | 43 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation |
Centaurus group IC 3370 group LGG 298 |
| Redshift | 0.011328 ± 0.000060 |
| Radial velocity | 3396 ± 18 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(144 ± 10) · 10 6 ly (44.0 ± 3.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | June 8, 1834 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4373 • PGC 40498 • ESO 322-006 • MCG -06-27-025 • 2MASX J12251781-3945347 • SGC 122239-3929.0 • AM 1222-392 • DCL 38 • LDCE 916 NED025 | |
NGC 4373 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type I / SB0 in the constellation Centaurus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 144 million light years from the Milky Way and about 160,000 light years in diameter. Together with IC 3290 it forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair.
The galaxies IC 3370 , PGC 40549 , PGC 40735 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on June 8, 1834 .