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galaxy

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
GiG
Redshift
z = 0.00317
Morphology
SA_B
Coordinates
RA 184.9386° · Dec 12.7983°
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Key facts

Constellation
Virgo
Right ascension
12 19 45.2
Declination
12 ° 47 ′ 54 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
1021 km/s
Distance
55 Mly (17 Mpc )
Group or cluster
Virgo Cluster
Type
SB0^-(s)?
Size
~58,000 ly (17.7 kpc ) (estimated)
Apparent size v
3.2 x 3.0

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 4267 is a barred lenticular galaxy located about 55 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. It was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on April 17, 1784 and is a member of the Virgo Cluster.

See also

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 4267” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.