NGC 4387
| Galaxy NGC 4387 |
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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 41.7 s |
| declination | + 12 ° 48 ′ 38 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E5 |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.0 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.0 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.7 ′ × 1.1 ′ |
| Position angle | 140 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | LGG 292 |
| Redshift | 0.001885 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | (565 ± 5) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(23 ± 2) x 10 6 ly (7.0 ± 0.5) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 17, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4387 • UGC 7517 • PGC 40562 • CGCG 070-065 • MCG + 02-32-39 • 2MASX J12254171 + 1248372 • VCC 828 • GC 2955 • H II 167 • h 1250 • LDCE 0904 NED098 | |
NGC 4387 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Virgo . It is estimated to be 23 million light years from the Milky Way .
NGC 4387 was discovered on April 17, 1784 by the German-British astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .