NGC4438 (Galaxy)

R/B-band color composite image from the Second Digitized Sky Survey (DSS2), measuring 10 arcminutes across.

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From Northridge , NGC4438 is not observable – it will reach its highest point in the sky during daytime and is no higher than 9° above the horizon at dusk.

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Name NGC4438

Object type Galaxy

Part of Arp 120
The Eyes
The Virgo Cluster

Other names

NGC 4438^[1]
UGC 7574^[2]
PGC 40914^[3]

Position

Right ascension:	12^h27^m ^[3]
Declination:	+13°00' ^[3]
Constellation:	Virgo
Magnitude:	10.92 (V) ^[1] 10.97 (B) ^[1] 8.25 (J) ^[1] 7.56 (H) ^[1] 7.27 (K) ^[1]
Hubble type:	Sa
B-V Color (mag):	0.05

Sources

^[1]	OpenNGC (Mattia Verga)

^[2]	"Uppsala General Catalogue of Galaxies", P. Nilson, 1973.

^[3]	"HYPERLEDA. I. Identification and designation of galaxies", G. Paturel et al., 2003.

Visibility from Northridge

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Longitude:
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34.23°N
118.54°W
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