NGC 4380
| Galaxy NGC 4380 |
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| Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 25 m 22.2 s |
| declination | + 10 ° 01 ′ 01 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (rs) b :? Sy / LINER / BL Lac |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.5 ′ × 1.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 153 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster Messier 87 group NGC 4639 group LGG 289 |
| Redshift | 0.003212 ± 0.000002 |
| Radial velocity | 963 ± 1 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(40 ± 3) x 10 6 ly (12.3 ± 0.9) Mpc |
| diameter | 50,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 10, 1826 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4380 • UGC 7503 • PGC 40507 • CGCG 070-061 • MCG + 02-32-037 • IRAS 12228 + 1017 • 2MASX J12252217 + 1001001 • VCC 792 • GC 2944 • h 1241 • NSA 161700 • LDCE 904 NED095 • EVCC 552 | |
NGC 4380 is a spiral galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type Sab in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 40 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 40,000 light-years across . She is listed as a member of the Virgo galaxy cluster under catalog number VCC 792 .
The galaxies NGC 4390 , IC 3328 , IC 3357 , IC 3275 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on March 10, 1826 by the British astronomer John Herschel .
Web links
Commons : NGC 4380 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
- SIMBAD Astronomical Database
- NGC 4380. In: Wikisky. Retrieved April 30, 2008 .