Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- GiP
- Redshift
- z = 0.003069
- Morphology
- S0
- Coordinates
- RA 185.8970° · Dec 16.7223°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Coma Berenices
- Right ascension
- 12 23 35.3
- Declination
- 16 ° 43 ′ 20 ″
- Redshift
- 0.003112/933 km/s
- Distance
- 56,070,000 ly
- Group or cluster
- Virgo Cluster
- Type
- SB0^+(r)
- Size
- ~ 53,400 ly
- Apparent size v
- 3.5 x 2.8
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- galaxy
- Constellation
- Coma Berenices
- Distance from Earth
- 19.13
- Image
- NGC 4340 Hubble WikiSky.jpg
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- catalog code
- LEDA 40245
- radial velocity
- 832
- Commons category
- NGC 4340
- discoverer or inventor
- William Herschel
- time of discovery or invention
- 1784-00-00
- apparent magnitude
- 8.321
- right ascension
- 185.89698971708640
- declination
- 16.72234627186810
- redshift
- 0.003069
- epoch
- J2000.0
- galaxy morphological type
- S0
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 4340 is a double-barred lenticular galaxy located about 55 million light-years away in the constellation of Coma Berenices. NGC 4340 was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on March 21, 1784. NGC 4340 is a member of the Virgo Cluster. NGC 4340 is generally thought to be in a pair with the galaxy NGC 4350.
Physical characteristics
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 4340” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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