NGC 4326

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]

ConstellationVirgo

Right ascension12^h 23^m 11.6^s[1]

Declination06° 04′ 20″^[1]

Redshift0.023756^[1]

Quick facts Observation data (J2000 epoch), Constellation ...

NGC 4326
NGC 4326 imaged by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory
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]

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NGC 4326 is host to a supermassive black hole with and estimated mass of 3.7×10⁸ solar masses.^[8]