NGC 4396
| Galaxy NGC 4396 |
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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 58.8 s |
| declination | + 15 ° 40 ′ 17 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAd: / sp / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 3.3 ′ × 1 ′ |
| Position angle | 125 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.5 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster |
| Redshift | −0.000427 ± 0.000010 |
| Radial velocity | −128 ± 3 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(9 ± 1) x 10 6 ly (2.69 ± 0.37) Mpc |
| diameter | 50,000 ly |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | April 20, 1865 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4396 • UGC 7526 • PGC 40622 • CGCG 099-049 • MCG + 03-32-34 • IRAS 12234 + 1556 • KUG 1223 + 159 • 2MASX J12255880 + 1540172 • VCC 865 • LEDA 40622 • LDCE 904 NED104 | |
NGC 4396 is a spiral galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble-type Scd in the constellation Coma Berenices in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 10 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 50,000 ly. The galaxy is listed as a member of the Virgo Galaxy Cluster under catalog number VCC 865 .
The galaxies NGC 4379 , NGC 442 1, IC 3313 , IC 3365 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on April 20, 1865 by the German-Danish astronomer Heinrich Louis d'Arrest .