NGC 4388

E519111
Seyfert galaxy active galaxy edge-on galaxy emission-line galaxy spiral galaxy

NGC 4388 is an edge-on spiral galaxy with an active galactic nucleus located in the Virgo Cluster, notable for its strong emission lines and interaction with the cluster environment.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Seyfert galaxy ⓘ
active galaxy ⓘ
edge-on galaxy ⓘ
emission-line galaxy ⓘ
spiral galaxy ⓘ
AGNType Seyfert 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ
alsoKnownAs PGC 040540 NERFINISHED ⓘ
UGC 07526 NERFINISHED ⓘ
VCC 0837 NERFINISHED ⓘ
catalog NGC NERFINISHED ⓘ
discoveredBy William Herschel NERFINISHED ⓘ
discoveryDate 1784-01-17 ⓘ
experiencesRamPressureStripping true ⓘ
hasActiveGalacticNucleus true ⓘ
hasAngularSize 5.6′ × 1.8′ ⓘ
hasApparentMagnitudeV 11.8 ⓘ
hasCentralSupermassiveBlackHole true ⓘ
hasDeclination +12° 39′ 44″ ⓘ
hasDistance ~17 Mpc ⓘ
~55 million light-years ⓘ
hasDustLane true ⓘ
hasExtraplanarGas true ⓘ
hasInclination edge-on ⓘ
hasIonizationCone true ⓘ
hasMorphologicalType SA(s)b ⓘ
hasNeutralHydrogenTail true ⓘ
hasNuclearObscuration true ⓘ
hasRadialVelocity 2525 km/s ⓘ
hasRadioJet true ⓘ
hasRecessionalVelocity 2525 km/s ⓘ
hasRedshift 0.008419 ⓘ
hasRightAscension 12h 25m 46.7s ⓘ
hasStarFormation true ⓘ
hasXRayEmission true ⓘ
interactsWithClusterEnvironment true ⓘ
isEdgeOnToLineOfSight true ⓘ
isPartOf Virgo Supercluster NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Virgo Cluster NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInConstellation Virgo NERFINISHED ⓘ
memberOf Virgo Cluster NERFINISHED ⓘ
observedInInfrared true ⓘ
observedInOptical true ⓘ
observedInRadio true ⓘ
observedInXRay true ⓘ
showsHAlphaFilaments true ⓘ
showsStrongEmissionLines true ⓘ

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Virgo Cluster → containsGalaxy → NGC 4388 ⓘ