Q1064396

galaxy

Key facts

Constellation: Virgo
Right ascension: 12 25 46.820
Declination: +12 ° 39 ′ 43.45 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity: 2,524 km/s
Distance: 56.7 Mly (17.4 Mpc )
Group or cluster: Virgo Cluster
Type: SA(s)b
Mass: 26.4 +16.4, −10.1 × 10 M ☉
Size: 53.42 kpc (174,150 ly ) (diameter; 25.0 mag/arcsec B-band isophote )
Apparent size v: 6.2 ′ × 1.674 ′

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Image: NGC 4388 - HST - Potw1649a.tif

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NGC 4388 is an active spiral galaxy in the equatorial constellation of Virgo. This galaxy is located at a distance of 57 million light years and is receding with a radial velocity of 2,524km/s. It is one of the brightest galaxies of the Virgo Cluster due to its luminous nucleus. NGC 4388 is located 1.3° to the west of the cluster center, which translates to a projected distance of ≈400 kpc. The NGC 4388 galaxy has been assigned a morphological class of SA(s)b, which indicates it is a spiral with no central bar (SA) or inner ring structure (s), and has moderately-wound spiral arms (b). It is inclined at an angle of 79° to the line of sight from the Earth and thus is being viewed from nearly edge-on. The major axis of the elliptical profile is aligned with a position angle of 92°. It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on April 17, 1784.

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