NGC 4380
NGC 4380 taken by Hubble.[1]
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationVirgo
Right ascension12h 25m 22.178s[2]
Declination10° 01′ 00.14″[2]
Redshift0.00319[3]
Heliocentric radial velocity955 km/s[3]
Distance52.2 Mly (16.00 Mpc)[4]
Group or clusterVirgo Cluster[5]
Apparent magnitude (V)11.30[6]
Apparent magnitude (B)12.28[6]
Characteristics
TypeSA(rs)b:?[7]
Other designations
UGC 7503, MCG +02-32-037, PGC 40507[3]

NGC 4380 is an unbarred spiral galaxy located in the constellation of Virgo.[1] Located about 52.2 million light-years (16 Megaparsecs) away,[4] is a member of the Virgo Cluster, a large galaxy cluster.[5] It was discovered on March 10, 1826, by the astronomer John Herschel.[8]

References

  1. 1 2 "A Galactic Portal". www.spacetelescope.org. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  2. 1 2 Skrutskie, Michael F.; Cutri, Roc M.; Stiening, Rae; Weinberg, Martin D.; Schneider, Stephen E.; Carpenter, John M.; Beichman, Charles A.; Capps, Richard W.; Chester, Thomas; Elias, Jonathan H.; Huchra, John P.; Liebert, James W.; Lonsdale, Carol J.; Monet, David G.; Price, Stephan; Seitzer, Patrick; Jarrett, Thomas H.; Kirkpatrick, J. Davy; Gizis, John E.; Howard, Elizabeth V.; Evans, Tracey E.; Fowler, John W.; Fullmer, Linda; Hurt, Robert L.; Light, Robert M.; Kopan, Eugene L.; Marsh, Kenneth A.; McCallon, Howard L.; Tam, Robert; Van Dyk, Schuyler D.; Wheelock, Sherry L. (1 February 2006). "The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS)". The Astronomical Journal. 131 (2): 1163–1183. Bibcode:2006AJ....131.1163S. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256. S2CID 18913331.
  3. 1 2 3 "NGC 4380". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  4. 1 2 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.
  5. 1 2 Kim, Suk; Rey, Soo-Chang; Jerjen, Helmut; Lisker, Thorsten; Sung, Eon-Chang; Lee, Youngdae; Chung, Jiwon; Pak, Mina; Yi, Wonhyeong; Lee, Woong (2014). "The Extended Virgo Cluster Catalog". The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series. 215 (2): 22. Bibcode:2014ApJS..215...22K. doi:10.1088/0067-0049/215/2/22. hdl:1885/76226. S2CID 119296675.
  6. 1 2 "Search specification: NGC 4380". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
  7. ↑ "Results for object NGC 4380 (NGC 4380)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
  8. ↑ Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 4350 - 4399". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2021-02-10.
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