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galaxy

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
GiG
Distance
46,794 light-years
Redshift
z = 0.00299
Morphology
SA
Coordinates
RA 187.3787° · Dec 14.0491°
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Key facts

Constellation
Coma Berenices
Right ascension
12 29 30.9
Declination
14 ° 02 ′ 57 ″
Redshift
0.003032/909 km/s
Distance
55,100,000 ly
Group or cluster
Virgo Cluster
Type
E, SA0-?
Size
~22,700 ly
Apparent size v
1.45 x 0.96

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 4468 is a dwarf elliptical galaxy located about 55 million light-years away in the constellation of Coma Berenices. The galaxy was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on January 14, 1787. It is a member of the Virgo Cluster.

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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 4468” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.