NGC 4326 | |
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Observation data ( J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Virgo |
Right ascension | 12h 23m 11.6s [1] |
Declination | 06° 04′ 20″ [1] |
Redshift | 0.023756 [1] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 7122 km/s [1] |
Distance | 330 Mly (102 Mpc) [1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 14.19 [1] |
Characteristics | |
Type | SAB(r)ab+ [1] |
Size | ~200,700 ly (61.54 kpc) (estimated) [1] |
Apparent size (V) | 1.5 x 1.1 [1] |
Other designations | |
UGC 07454, VCC 0623, PGC 040192, MCG +01-32-033, CGCG 042-064 [1] |
NGC 4326 is a barred spiral galaxy with a ring [2] located about 330 million light-years away [3] in the constellation Virgo. It was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on April 13, 1784, [4] who described it as "vF, S, R, bM, 1st of 3". [5] It is a large galaxy, with a diameter of around 200,000 ly (61 kpc) making it nearly twice the size of the Milky Way. [3] NGC 4326 is also classified as a LINER galaxy. [6] Despite being listed in the Virgo Cluster catalog as VCC 623, it is not a member of the Virgo Cluster but instead a background galaxy. [7]
NGC 4326 forms a pair with the galaxy NGC 4333, known as [T2015] nest 102514, [8] [9] in which NGC 4326 is the birghtest member of the pair. [9] Both galaxies are part of the CfA2 Great Wall. [10]