NGC 4422
| Galaxy NGC 4422 |
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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 27 m 12.1 s |
| declination | -05 ° 49 ′ 52 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA0- pec? |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 1.3 ′ |
| Surface brightness | 14.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 25388 ± 150 · 10 −6 |
| Radial velocity | (7611 ± 45) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(335 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (102.7 ± 7.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 25, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4422 • PGC 40813 • MCG -01-32-10 • GC 2980 • H III 114 • h 1265 • NPM1G -05.0447 • LDCE 0901 NED002 | |
NGC 4422 is an elliptical galaxy com Hubble type E-S0 in the constellation Virgo . It is an estimated 335 million light years from the Milky Way .
The galaxy was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on April 25, 1784 .