NGC 4434
| Galaxy NGC 4434 |
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| 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 36.7 s |
| declination | + 08 ° 09 ′ 16 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | E0 / S0 (0) |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.40 × 1.4 |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster |
| Redshift | 0.003569 +/- 0.000017 |
| Radial velocity | 1070 +/- 5 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(45 ± 3) x 10 6 ly (13.7 ± 1.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | December 28, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4434 • UGC 7571 • PGC 40886 • CGCG 042-115 • MCG + 01-32-069 • 2MASX J12273667 + 0809155 • VCC 1025 • GC 2989 • H II 497 • LDCE 904 NED123 | |
NGC 4434 is an elliptical dwarf galaxy from the Hubble type E0 in the constellation Virgin on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 45 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 20,000 ly. It is listed as a member of the Virgo galaxy cluster under catalog number VCC 1025 .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4415 , NGC 4416 , NGC 4464 , NGC 4465 .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on December 28, 1785 .