PGC 40549
| Galaxy LEDA / PGC 40549 |
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| NGC 4373A | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | centaur |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 25 m 37.73 s |
| declination | -39 ° 19 ′ 10.8 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SA0 ^ +? / sp / HII |
| Brightness (visual) | 11.9 likes |
| Brightness (B-band) | 12.9 mag |
| Angular expansion | 2.6 ′ × 0.9 ′ |
| Position angle | 173 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation |
Centaurus group IC 3370 group LGG 298 |
| Redshift | 0.009994 ± 0.000063 |
| Radial velocity | 2996 ± 19 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(126 ± 9) · 10 6 ly (38.5 ± 2.7) Mpc |
| history | |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4373A • PGC 40549 • ESO 322-008 • MCG -06-27-026 • IRAS 12229-3902 • 2MASX J12253773-3919110 • SGC 122258-3902.6 • DCL 41 • LDCE 916 NED026 | |
LEDA / PGC 40549 (also NGC 4373A ) is a lenticular galaxy with extensive star formation areas of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Centaurus in the southern sky . It is estimated to be 126 million light years from the Milky Way and about 100,000 light years in diameter. The galaxy has a band of dust (a dust lane) on it.
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4373 , IC 3370 , IC 3290 , PGC 40735 .