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Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
GiG
Redshift
z = 0.004543
Morphology
SB_a
Coordinates
RA 188.5253° · Dec 11.3213°
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Key facts

Constellation
Virgo
Right ascension
12 34 06.1
Declination
11 ° 19 ′ 17 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
1378 km/s
Distance
50.5 Mly
Group or cluster
Virgo Cluster
Type
SB0
Size
~27,400 ly (estimated)
Apparent size v
1.7 x 1.0

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Wikidata facts

Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
19.20
Image
SDSS NGC 4528.jpeg
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right ascension
188.5250250
catalog code
LEDA 41781
discoverer or inventor
William Herschel
time of discovery or invention
1784-03-15
redshift
0.004583
apparent magnitude
11.305
galaxy morphological type
S0
Commons category
NGC 4528
declination
11.3219167
radial velocity
1359
epoch
J2000.0

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 4528 is a barred lenticular galaxy located about 50 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. It was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on March 15, 1784. The galaxy is a member of the Virgo Cluster.

See also

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 4528” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.