NGC 4388

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title: NGC 4388
text: NGC 4388 is an active spiral galaxy in the equatorial constellation of Virgo. It was discovered April 17, 1784 by Wilhelm Herschel. This galaxy is located at a distance of 57 million light years and is receding with a radial velocity of 2,524km/s.  It is one of the brightest galaxies of the Virgo Cluster due to its luminous nucleus. NGC 4388 is located 1.3° to the west of the cluster center, which translates to a projected distance of ≈400 kpc. The NGC 4388 galaxy has been assigned a morphologic
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description: Galaxy in the constellation Virgo
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_4388
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date modified: 2024-03-31T12:58:23Z
main entity: {"identifier":"Q1064396","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1064396"}
image: {"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/NGC_4388_-_HST_-_Potw1649a.tif","width":3807,"height":2679}
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