NGC 4433
| Galaxy NGC 4433 |
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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 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 |
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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 .