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Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
GiG
Distance
80,732 light-years
Redshift
z = 0.0016
Morphology
dSA
Coordinates
RA 185.8335° · Dec 15.8204°
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Key facts

Constellation
Coma Berenices
Right ascension
12 23 20.0
Declination
15 ° 49 ′ 13 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
484 km/s
Distance
48.4 Mly (14.84 Mpc )
Group or cluster
Virgo Cluster (A subgroup)
Type
dE1 N, SA0-
Mass
2.7 × 10 (Stellar mass)/5.6 × 10 (Total Mass) M ☉
Size
~32,000 ly (9.81 kpc ) (estimated)
Apparent size v
1.22 × 0.98

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Wikidata facts

Constellation
Coma Berenices
Distance from Earth
17
Image
Messier 100.jpg
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catalog code
Gaia DR2 3945390355771825024
Commons category
NGC 4328
discoverer or inventor
William Herschel
time of discovery or invention
1784-03-21
apparent magnitude
13.25
right ascension
185.83350411690390
declination
15.82036361722560
parallax
0.5128
radial velocity
499
redshift
0.00160
epoch
J2000.0
galaxy morphological type
dE(d:E)
right ascension component of proper motion
0.542
declination component of proper motion
-0.404

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 4328 is a nucleated dwarf elliptical or lenticular galaxy located about 48 million light-years away based on observations by the Hubble Space Telescope using the TRGB distance indicator. NGC 4328 was discovered on March 21, 1784 by astronomer William Herschel and is a member of the Virgo Cluster in the "A'' subgroup. On the sky, NGC 4328 is located in the constellation Coma Berenices.

NGC 4328 is a companion of Messier 100, along with NGC 4323 and lies 78,000 light-years (24 kiloparsecs) from Messier 100. A possible passage of NGC 4328 close to Messier 100, may explain the lopsidedness in the southwestern portion of Messier 100. However, there are no strong signs of interactions in the H I distribution of Messier 100 which may be due to an interaction between the two galaxies. Despite this, recent observations are too shallow to detect tidal streams in the H I distribution of Messier 100 caused by a possible interaction between the two galaxies.

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