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NGC 4359

galaxy

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Vinony's link graph records 494 inbound references to NGC 4359, and connects out to Q1112974, Coma I and Coma Berenices.

It sits within the topics Astronomical objects discovered in 1787, Barred spiral galaxies and Coma Berenices.

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Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type: GiG
Redshift: z = 0.004171580876183079
Morphology: SB
Coordinates: RA 186.0461° · Dec 31.5216°

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Key facts

Constellation: Coma Berenices
Right ascension: 12 24 11.2
Declination: 31 ° 31 ′ 19 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity: 1253 km/s
Distance: 56.21 Mly (17.233 Mpc )
Group or cluster: Coma I (NGC 4274 subgroup)
Type: SB(rs)c?+
Size: ~27,100 ly (8.32 kpc ) (estimated)
Apparent size v: 2.57 x 0.80

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Wikidata facts

Distance from Earth: 19.41
Image: NGC4359 - SDSS DR14.jpg

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redshift: 0.004096
catalog code: [KVB99] 17
time of discovery or invention: 1787-03-20
apparent magnitude: 12.667
galaxy morphological type: Sc
Commons category: NGC 4359
right ascension: 186.0460833
declination: 31.5216056
radial velocity: 1225

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 4359 is a dwarf barred spiral galaxy seen edge-on that is about 56 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. It was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on March 20, 1787. It is a member of the NGC 4274 Group, which is part of the Coma I Group or Cloud.

On the sky, NGC 4359 appears to lie closest to the flocculent spiral NGC 4414 which is also a member of the NGC 4274 Group and the Coma I cloud. However, their radial velocities differ by around 500 km/s suggesting an interaction between the two is unlikely.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 4359” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.