NGC 4436
| Galaxy NGC 4436 |
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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 41.2 s |
| declination | + 12 ° 18 ′ 57 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.1 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.50 x 0.8 |
| Position angle | 115 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.003749 +/- 0.000037 |
| Radial velocity | 1124 +/- 11 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(48 ± 3) x 10 6 ly (14.6 ± 1.0) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 17, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4436 • UGC 7573 • PGC 40903 • MCG + 02-32-066 • 2MASX J12274122 + 1218574 • VCC 1036 • GC 2988 • H II 172 • h 1272 • | |
NGC 4436 is a lenticular galaxy of Hubble type S0 in the constellation Virgo the northern sky , the estimated 48 million light-years from the Milky Way 's center. It forms an optical trio with NGC 4431 and NGC 4440 and is part of the Virgo galaxy cluster .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on April 17, 1784 .