NGC 4343

NGC 4343 is an unbarred spiral galaxy[5] in the constellation Virgo. It was discovered by the astronomer William Herschel on April 13, 1784.[6] At a distance of 80 million light-years (25 Mpc),[3] it is located in the Virgo Cluster.[2] It contains an active galactic nucleus.[2]

NGC 4343
HST image of NGC 4343
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
ConstellationVirgo
Right ascension12h 23m 38.69184s[1]
Declination+06° 57′ 14.7024″[1]
Redshift0.00333[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity997 ± 21 km/s[2]
Distance80.1 Mly (24.55 Mpc)[3]
Group or clusterVirgo Cluster[2]
Apparent magnitude (V)12.29[4]
Apparent magnitude (B)13.31[4]
Characteristics
TypeSA(rs)b:[5]
Other designations
UGC 7465, MCG +01-32-038, PGC 40251[2]

References
  1. Adelman-McCarthy, J. K.; et al. (2009). "VizieR Online Data Catalog: The SDSS Photometric Catalog, Release 7". VizieR On-line Data Catalog. Bibcode:2009yCat.2294....0A.
  2. "NGC 4343". SIMBAD. Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
  3. Tully, R. Brent; Courtois, Hélène M.; Sorce, Jenny G. (2016). "Cosmicflows-3". The Astronomical Journal. 152 (2): 21. arXiv:1605.01765. Bibcode:2016AJ....152...50T. doi:10.3847/0004-6256/152/2/50. S2CID 250737862. 50.
  4. "Search specification: NGC 4343". HyperLeda. Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
  5. "Results for object NGC 4343 (NGC 4343)". NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. California Institute of Technology. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
  6. Seligman, Courtney. "New General Catalogue objects: NGC 4300 - 4349". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2021-05-18.

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