NGC 4378
| Galaxy NGC 4378 |
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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 18.1 s |
| declination | + 04 ° 55 ′ 31 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R) SA (s) a / Sy2 |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.9 ′ × 2.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 167 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster LGG 281 |
| Redshift | 0.008536 ± 0.000010 |
| Radial velocity | 2559 ± 3 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(111 ± 8) x 10 6 ly (34.0 ± 2.4) Mpc |
| diameter | 40,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | February 2, 1786 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4378 • UGC 7497 • PGC 40490 • CGCG 042-092 • MCG + 01-32-052 • IRAS F12227 + 0512 • 2MASX J12251807 + 0455300 • VCC 785 • GC 2915 • H I 123 • h 1228 • HIPASS J1225 + 04 • LDCE 904 NED094 • EVCC 2099 | |
NGC 4378 is a spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type Sa in the constellation Virgo north of the ecliptic . It is an estimated 111 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 90,000 ly. The galaxy is listed under catalog number VVC 785 as part of the Virgo Galaxy Cluster.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4301 , NGC 4303 , NGC 4324 , NGC 4376 .
The object was discovered on February 2, 1786 by the German-British astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .
Web links
- SIMBAD Astronomical Database
- NGC 4378th In: Wikisky. Retrieved April 25, 2008 .
- Richard Powell: The Virgo Cluster. In: An Atlas of the Universe. July 30, 2006, accessed April 25, 2008 .