NGC 4376
| Galaxy NGC 4376 |
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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 25 m 18.0 s |
| declination | + 05 ° 44 ′ 28 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | In / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 157 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster LGG 289 |
| Redshift | 0.003789 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 1136 ± 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(47 ± 3) x 10 6 ly (14.5 ± 1.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | February 2, 1786 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4376 • UGC 7498 • PGC 40494 • CGCG 042-093 • MCG + 01-32-053 • IRAS 12227 + 0601 • 2MASX J12251806 + 0544280 • VCC 787 • GC 2941 • H II 530 • HIPASS J1225 + 05 | |
NGC 4376 is an irregular dwarf galaxy with extensive star formation from Hubble type in the constellation Virgo north of the ecliptic . It is an estimated 47 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 15,000 ly. The galaxy is listed under catalog number VVC 787 as part of the Virgo Galaxy Cluster.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4423 , NGC 4326 , NGC 4333 , NGC 4339 .
The object was discovered on February 2, 1786 by the German-British astronomer Wilhelm Herschel on.
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