NGC 4433
Galaxy NGC 4433 |
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AladinLite | |
Constellation | Virgin |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 12 h 27 m 38.6 s |
declination | -08 ° 16 ′ 42 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | SAB (s) from / HII |
Brightness (visual) | 12.7 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 13.5 likes |
Angular expansion | 2.20 × 0.9 |
Position angle | 5 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.010007 ± 0.000020 |
Radial velocity | (3000 ± 6) km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(129 ± 9) · 10 6 ly (39.5 ± 2.8) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | John Herschel |
Discovery date | March 16, 1828 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 4433 • PGC 40894 • MCG -01-32-013 • IRAS 12250-0800 • 2MASX J12273860-0816424 • Holm 407A |
NGC 4433 is a bar-spiral galaxy with extensive star formation regions of the Hubble type SBab in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 129 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 90,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky are the galaxies NGC 4403 , NGC 4404 , NGC 4428 , NGC 4487 .
The object was discovered on March 16, 1828 by John Herschel .