NGC 4404
| Galaxy NGC 4404 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 26 m 16.2 s |
| declination | -07 ° 40 ′ 51 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (r) 0- pec: LINER? |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.0 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.2 ′ × 1 ′ |
| Position angle | 153 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.018630 ± 0.000067 |
| Radial velocity | (5585 ± 20) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(244 ± 17) x 10 6 ly (74.9 ± 5.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 20, 1789 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4404 • PGC 40666 • MCG -01-32-009 • 2MASX J12261616-0740509 • GC 2964 • H III 756 • Holm 402B • NPM1G -07.0365 • LDCE 0896 NED004 | |
NGC 4404 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type e-S0 in the constellation Virgo . It is an estimated 244 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on March 20, 1789 by the German-British astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .