NGC 4380

{{Short description|Galaxy in the constellation Virgo}}

{{Sky|12|25|22.178|+|10|01|00.14}}

{{Infobox galaxy

| name = NGC 4380

| image = NGC 4380 A Galactic Portal.tif

| image_size = 250px

| upright =

| caption = NGC 4380 taken by Hubble.{{cite web |title=A Galactic Portal |url=https://www.spacetelescope.org/images/potw1941a/ |website=www.spacetelescope.org |access-date=14 October 2019 |language=en}}

| alt =

| epoch = J2000

| pronounce =

| constellation name = Virgo

| ra = {{RA|12|25|22.178}}{{cite journal |doi=10.1086/498708 |last1=Skrutskie |first1=Michael F. |last2=Cutri |first2=Roc M. |last3=Stiening |first3=Rae |last4=Weinberg |first4=Martin D. |last5=Schneider |first5=Stephen E. |last6=Carpenter |first6=John M. |last7=Beichman |first7=Charles A. |last8=Capps |first8=Richard W. |last9=Chester |first9=Thomas |last10=Elias |first10=Jonathan H. |last11=Huchra |first11=John P. |last12=Liebert |first12=James W. |last13=Lonsdale |first13=Carol J. |last14=Monet |first14=David G. |last15=Price |first15=Stephan |last16=Seitzer |first16=Patrick |last17=Jarrett |first17=Thomas H. |last18=Kirkpatrick |first18=J. Davy |last19=Gizis |first19=John E. |last20=Howard |first20=Elizabeth V. |last21=Evans |first21=Tracey E. |last22=Fowler |first22=John W. |last23=Fullmer |first23=Linda |last24=Hurt |first24=Robert L. |last25=Light |first25=Robert M. |last26=Kopan |first26=Eugene L. |last27=Marsh |first27=Kenneth A. |last28=McCallon |first28=Howard L. |last29=Tam |first29=Robert |last30=Van Dyk |first30=Schuyler D. |last31=Wheelock |first31=Sherry L. |title=The Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS) |journal=The Astronomical Journal |date=1 February 2006 |volume=131 |issue=2 |pages=1163–1183 |bibcode=2006AJ....131.1163S |s2cid=18913331 |issn=0004-6256 |doi-access=free }}

| dec = {{DEC|10|01|00.14}}

| z = 0.00319

| h_radial_v = 955 km/s{{cite simbad|title=NGC 4380|access-date=14 October 2019}}

| gal_v =

| dist_pc =

| dist_ly = {{cvt|16.00|Mpc|Mly|lk=on|order=flip}}{{cite journal|bibcode=2016AJ....152...50T|doi=10.3847/0004-6256/152/2/50|arxiv=1605.01765|title=Cosmicflows-3|author1=Tully, R. Brent|author2=Courtois, Hélène M.|author3=Sorce, Jenny G.|journal=The Astronomical Journal|volume=152|issue=2|id=50|pages=21|date=2016|s2cid=250737862 |doi-access=free }}

| group_cluster = Virgo Cluster{{cite journal|doi=10.1088/0067-0049/215/2/22|bibcode=2014ApJS..215...22K|title=The Extended Virgo Cluster Catalog|year=2014|last1=Kim|first1=Suk|last2=Rey|first2=Soo-Chang|last3=Jerjen|first3=Helmut|last4=Lisker|first4=Thorsten|last5=Sung|first5=Eon-Chang|last6=Lee|first6=Youngdae|last7=Chung|first7=Jiwon|last8=Pak|first8=Mina|last9=Yi|first9=Wonhyeong|last10=Lee|first10=Woong|journal=The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series|volume=215|issue=2|page=22|hdl=1885/76226|s2cid=119296675|hdl-access=free}}

| type = SA(rs)b:?{{cite web|url=https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/byname?objname=NGC%204380&hconst=67.8&omegam=0.308&omegav=0.692&wmap=4&corr_z=1|title=Results for object NGC 4380 (NGC 4380)|work=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database|publisher=California Institute of Technology|accessdate=2021-02-10}}

| mass =

| mass_light_ratio =

| size =

| stars =

| appmag_v = 11.30{{cite web|url=http://leda.univ-lyon1.fr/ledacat.cgi?o=NGC%204380|title=Search specification: NGC 4380|work=HyperLeda|publisher=Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1|accessdate=2021-02-10}}

| appmag_b = 12.28

| absmag_v =

| size_v =

| notes =

| names = {{odlist|UGC=7503|PGC=40507|MCG=+02-32-037}}

| references =

}}

NGC 4380 is an unbarred spiral galaxy located in the constellation of Virgo. Located about 52.2 million light-years (16 Megaparsecs) away, is a member of the Virgo Cluster, a large galaxy cluster. It was discovered on March 10, 1826, by the astronomer John Herschel.{{cite web|url=http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc43a.htm#4380|title=New General Catalogue objects: NGC 4350 - 4399|author=Seligman, Courtney|website=cseligman.com|accessdate=2021-02-10}}