NGC 4383
| Galaxy NGC 4383 |
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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 25.5 s |
| declination | + 16 ° 28 ′ 12 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | Sa / HII / AGN |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.7 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2 ′, 0 × 1 ′, 0 |
| Position angle | 28 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster |
| Redshift | 0.005704 ± 0.000010 |
| Radial velocity | 1710 ± 3 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(74 ± 5) · 10 6 ly (22.8 ± 1.6) Mpc |
| diameter | 30,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | Eduard Schönfeld |
| Discovery date | May 23, 1862 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4383 • UGC 7507 • PGC 40516 • CGCG 099-044 • MCG + 03-32-030 • IRAS 12228 + 1644 • KUG 1222 + 167 • 2MASX J12252551 + 1628120 • VCC 801 • Mrk 769 • HIPASS J1225 + 16 • LEDA 40516 • LDCE 904 NED097 | |
NGC 4383 is an active spiral galaxy with extensive star formation areas of the Hubble type Sa in the constellation Coma Berenices in the northern sky . It is an estimated 74 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 45,000 ly. The galaxy is listed under catalog number VCC 874 as a member of the Virgo Galaxy Cluster.
The galaxies NGC 4350 , NGC 4405 , IC 787 , IC 792 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Eduard Schönfeld on May 23, 1862 .
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