NGC 4388
NGC 4388 is an active spiral galaxy located in the Virgo Cluster. NGC 4388 is also considered to be one of the brightest galaxies in the Virgo Cluster due to its luminous nucleus.
| NGC 4388 | |
|---|---|
 Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 4388 | |
| Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
| Constellation | Virgo |
| Right ascension | 12h 25m 46.820s[1] |
| Declination | +12° 39′ 43.45″[1] |
| Redshift | 0.008419[2] |
| Helio radial velocity | 2524[2] |
| Distance | 19.960 ± 5.652 Mpc (65.10 ± 18.43 Mly)[2] |
| Group or cluster | Virgo Cluster |
| Apparent magnitude (V) | 11.02[3] |
| Apparent magnitude (B) | 11.76[3] |
| Characteristics | |
| Type | SA(s)b[2] |
| Size | 120,000 kly (36,000 kpc)[2] |
| Apparent size (V) | 6.2′ × 1.674′[2] |
| Other designations | |
| UGC 7520, MCG+02-32-041, PGC 40581, VCC 836 | |
Gallery
NGC 4388 (SDSS DR14)
NGC 4388 (HST)
References
- 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: 1163–1183. doi:10.1086/498708. ISSN 0004-6256.
- "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 4388. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
- "NGC 4388". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
External links
Media related to NGC 4388 at Wikimedia Commons
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