NGC 4430
| Galaxy NGC 4430 |
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| Photo from the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 27 m 26.2 s |
| declination | + 06 ° 15 ′ 46 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (rs) b: / HII / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.3 '× 2.0' |
| Position angle | 51 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster LGG 289 |
| Redshift | 0.004840 ± 0.000013 |
| Radial velocity | 1451 ± 4 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(62 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (18.9 ± 1.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | January 28? / April 13, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4430 • UGC 7566 • PGC 40851 • CGCG 042-111 • MCG + 01-32-067 • IRAS 12248 + 0632 • 2MASX J12272638 + 0615455 • VCC 1002 • GC 2986 • H II 146, H II-26? • h 1270 • HIPASS J1227 + 06 • HOLM 406A • LDCE 904 NED120 | |
NGC 4430 is a bar-spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBb in the constellation Virgo in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 62 million light years from the Milky Way and about 40,000 light years in diameter . She is listed as a member of the Virgo galaxy cluster under catalog number VCC 1002 .
The galaxies NGC 4423 , NGC 4432 , NGC 4453 , IC 3414 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on April 13, 1784 by the astronomer William Herschel with a 47.5 cm telescope.
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