Key facts
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Right ascension
- 12 23 38.69184
- Declination
- +06 ° 57 ′ 14.7024 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 997 ± 21 km/s
- Distance
- 80.1 Mly (24.55 Mpc )
- Group or cluster
- Virgo Cluster
- Type
- SA(rs)b:
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- spiral galaxy
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Distance from Earth
- 19.06
- Image
- NGC 4343 imaged by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory.png
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- catalog code
- LEDA 40251
- Commons category
- NGC 4343
- discoverer or inventor
- William Herschel
- time of discovery or invention
- 1784-00-00
- apparent magnitude
- 11.302
- galaxy morphological type
- Sb
- right ascension
- 185.9112083
- declination
- 6.9539361
- radial velocity
- 997
- redshift
- 0.00333
- spectral class
- M0V
- epoch
- J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 4343 is an unbarred spiral galaxy in the constellation Virgo. It was discovered by the astronomer William Herschel on April 13, 1784. At a distance of 80 million light-years (25 Mpc), it is located in the Virgo Cluster. It contains an active galactic nucleus.
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