NGC 4343

galaxy

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It sits within the topics Active galaxies, NGC objects and Principal Galaxies Catalogue objects.

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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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