NGC 4429
| Galaxy NGC 4429 |
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![NGC 4429 with the foreground star HD 108438 [1] SDSS image](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:SDSS_NGC_4429.jpg)
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| NGC 4429 with the foreground star HD 108438 SDSS Recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 27 m 26.5 s |
| declination | + 11 ° 06 ′ 28 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA (r) 0+ / LINER / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 10.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 11.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 5.9 ′ × 2.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 99 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.1 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster LGG 292 |
| Redshift | 0.003683 ± 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 1104 ± 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(47 ± 3) x 10 6 ly (14.3 ± 1.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 15, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4429 • UGC 7568 • PGC 40850 • CGCG 070-093 • MCG + 02-32-061 • IRAS 12249 + 1123 • 2MASX J12272655 + 1106271 • VCC 1003 • GC 2987 • H II 65 • h 1271 • LDCE 904 NED121 • VPC 531 • EVCC 2111 | |
NGC 4429 is an active Lenticular galaxy with extensive star formation from Hubble type S0 / a in the constellation Virgo to the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 47 million light years from the Milky Way and about 75,000 light years in diameter . It is listed as a member of the Virgo galaxy cluster under catalog number VCC 1003 .
The galaxies IC 3346 , IC 3347 , IC 3361 , IC 3371 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on March 15, 1784 by the German-British astronomer Wilhelm Herschel .
Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope
Web links
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