NGC 4428
| Galaxy NGC 4428 |
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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 28.3 s |
| declination | -08 ° 10 ′ 04 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SAB (rs) c / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.5 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.7 ′ × 0.7 ′ |
| Position angle | 79 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.009934 ± 0.000023 |
| Radial velocity | (2978 ± 7) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(128 ± 9) x 10 6 ly (39.2 ± 2.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 16, 1828 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4428 • PGC 40860 • MCG -01-32-12 • IRAS 12248-0753 • 2MASX J12272830-0810044 • Holm 407B | |
NGC 4428 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Virgo in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 128 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on March 16, 1828 by the astronomer John Herschel .