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galaxy

Key facts

Constellation
Coma Berenices
Right ascension
12 32 10.5
Declination
13 ° 25 ′ 11 ″
Redshift
0.002458/737 km/s
Distance
47.6 Mly
Group or cluster
Virgo Cluster
Type
Sa pec
Size
~26,000 ly (estimated)
Apparent size v
1.79 x 1.06

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 4506 is a spiral galaxy located around 50 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. It is classified as peculiar due to the presence of dust that surrounds its nucleus. NGC 4506 was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on January 14, 1787. It is a member of the Virgo Cluster.

See also

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 4506” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.