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galaxy

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
GiG
Redshift
z = 0.00506
Morphology
S
Coordinates
RA 187.4731° · Dec 14.0686°
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Key facts

Constellation
Coma Berenices
Right ascension
12 29 53.5
Declination
14 ° 04 ′ 07 ″
Redshift
0.005374/1611 km/s
Distance
51,481,920 ly
Group or cluster
Virgo Cluster
Type
S0 pec
Size
~36,055.6 ly (estimated)
Apparent size v
2.11 x 1.12

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Wikidata facts

Constellation
Coma Berenices
Distance from Earth
19.72
Image
NGC 4474.png
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catalog code
LEDA 41241
radial velocity
1513
discoverer or inventor
William Herschel
time of discovery or invention
1784-04-08
apparent magnitude
11.055
galaxy morphological type
S0
Commons category
NGC 4474
right ascension
187.4731000
declination
14.0686722
redshift
0.00506
epoch
J2000.0

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 4474 is an edge-on lenticular galaxy located about 50 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. NGC 4474 was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on April 8, 1784. It is a member of the Virgo Cluster.

See also

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 4474” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.