NGC 4432
Galaxy NGC 4432 |
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NGC 4432 & NGC 4430 (ro) SDSS | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Virgin |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 12 h 27 m 33.0 s |
declination | + 06 ° 14 '00 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | Sbc |
Brightness (visual) | 14.0 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
Angular expansion | 0.9 '× 0.7' |
Position angle | 6 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Affiliation | Virgo cluster (??) |
Redshift | 0.021355 +/- 0.000003 |
Radial velocity | 6402 +/- 1 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(283 ± 20) x 10 6 ly (86.7 ± 6.1) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Albert Marth |
Discovery date | March 22, 1865 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 4432 • UGC 7570 • PGC 40875 • CGCG 042-114 • MCG + 01-32-068 • 2MASX J12273295 + 0613595 • VCC 1018 • |
NGC 4432 is a barred spiral galaxy of the Hubble type SBbc in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 283 million light years from the Milky Way and about 75,000 light years across .
The galaxies NGC 4423 , NGC 4430 , NGC 4453 , IC 3414 are in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on March 22, 1865 .