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EntityQ1110599· pop 31· linked from 655 articles

galaxy

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
GiP
Redshift
z = 0.00352
Morphology
S_AB
Coordinates
RA 185.5515° · Dec 7.1444°
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Key facts

Constellation
Virgo
Right ascension
12 22 12.3567
Declination
+07 ° 08 ′ 39.632 ″
Redshift
0.003 479 ± 0.000 0111
Heliocentric radial velocity
1,043 ± 3 km/s km/s
Distance
66.7 ± 4.8 Mly (20.44 ± 1.48 Mpc )
Group or cluster
Virgo Cluster
Type
SAB0^+(r)
Size
~63,600 ly (19.50 kpc ) (estimated)
Apparent size v
2.01′ × 0.91′

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 4309 is a lenticular galaxy located about 55 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. The galaxy was discovered by astronomer Christian Peters in 1881 and is a member of the Virgo Cluster.

NGC 4309 is classified as an AGN and has undergone ram-pressure stripping.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Q1110599” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.