NGC 4343 is an unbarred spiral galaxy[5] in the constellation Virgo. It was discovered by the astronomer William Herschel on April 13, 1784.[6] At a distance of 80 million light-years (25 Mpc),[3] it is located in the Virgo Cluster.[2] It contains an active galactic nucleus.[2]
| NGC 4343 | |
|---|---|
 HST image of NGC 4343 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Virgo |
| Right ascension | 12h 23m 38.69184s[1] |
| Declination | +06° 57′ 14.7024″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.00333[2] |
| Heliocentric radial velocity | 997 ± 21 km/s[2] |
| Distance | 80.1 Mly (24.55 Mpc)[3] |
| Group or cluster | Virgo Cluster[2] |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 12.29[4] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 13.31[4] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SA(rs)b:[5] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 7465, MCG +01-32-038, PGC 40251[2] | |
Gallery
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NGC 4343 by Hubble Space Telescope -
SDSS image of NGC 4343
References
edit- ^ a b Adelman-McCarthy, J. K.; et al. (2009). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: The SDSS Photometric Catalog, Release 7". VizieR On-line Data Catalog. Bibcode:2009yCat.2294....0A.
- ^ a b c d e f "NGC 4343". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
- ^ a b Tully, R. Brent; Courtois, Hélène M.; Sorce, Jenny G. (2016). "Cosmicflows-3". The Astronomical Journal. 152 (2): 21. arXiv:1605.01765. Bibcode:2016AJ....152...50T. doi:10.3847/0004-6256/152/2/50. S2CID 250737862. 50.
- ^ a b "Search specification: NGC 4343". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
- ^ a b "Results for object NGC 4343 (NGC 4343)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
- ^ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 4300 - 4349". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
External links
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