NGC 4377
| Galaxy NGC 4377 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Berenike's hair |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 25 m 12.3 s |
| declination | + 14 ° 45 ′ 44 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA0- |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.7 ′ × 1.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 177 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster Messier 87 group NGC 4639 group LGG 289 |
| Redshift | 0.004463 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 1338 ± 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(58 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (17.7 ± 1.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | February 19, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4377 • UGC 7501 • PGC 40477 • CGCG 099-041 • MCG + 03-32-25 • IRAS F12226 + 1502 • 2MASX J12251230 + 1445439 • VCC 778 • GC 2942 • H I 12 • h 1239 • VPC 394 • EVCC 2096 | |
NGC 4377 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Coma Berenices in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 58 million light years from the Milky Way and about 30,000 light years across. It is listed as a member of the Virgo galaxy cluster under catalog number VCC 778 .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4419 , IC 3301 , IC 3327 , IC 3238 .
The object was discovered on February 19, 1784 by the German-British astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .