Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- GiP
- Redshift
- z = 0.00507
- Morphology
- dS0
- Coordinates
- RA 185.5170° · Dec 12.7872°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Right ascension
- 12 22 04.1
- Declination
- 12 ° 47 ′ 15 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 1981 km/s
- Distance
- 103 Mly (31.6 Mpc )
- Type
- SB0^0(s)
- Size
- ~23,000 ly (7 kpc ) (estimated)
- Apparent size v
- 1.50 x 1.02
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- lenticular galaxy
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Distance from Earth
- 19.29
- Image
- NGC4306 - SDSS DR14.jpg
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- catalog code
- LEDA 40032
- epoch
- J2000.0
- discoverer or inventor
- Heinrich Louis d'Arrest
- time of discovery or invention
- 1865-04-16
- apparent magnitude
- 10.543
- galaxy morphological type
- dS0
- Commons category
- NGC 4306
- right ascension
- 185.5170292
- declination
- 12.7872111
- radial velocity
- 1522
- redshift
- 0.00509
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 4306 is a dwarf barred lenticular galaxy located about 100 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. The galaxy was discovered by astronomer Heinrich d'Arrest on April 16, 1865. Although considered to be a member of the Virgo Cluster, its high radial velocity and similar distance as NGC 4305 suggest that NGC 4306 is a background galaxy. NGC 4306 is a companion of NGC 4305 and appears to be interacting with it.
NGC 4306 with JWST NIRCam
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 4306” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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