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galaxy

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
GiG
Redshift
z = 0.00411
Morphology
SA
Coordinates
RA 183.2171° · Dec 1.2997°
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Key facts

Constellation
Virgo
Right ascension
12 12 52.11142
Declination
+01 ° 17 ′ 58.9523 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
1230 km/s
Distance
57 Mly (17.6 Mpc )
Group or cluster
Virgo Cluster
Type
S0

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 4179 is a lenticular galaxy located in the constellation Virgo. It was discovered by William Herschel on January 14, 1784. It is a member of the NGC 4179 Group of galaxies, which is a member of the Virgo II Groups, a series of galaxies and galaxy clusters strung out from the southern edge of the Virgo Supercluster.

References

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 4179” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.