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galaxy

Key facts

Constellation
Virgo
Right ascension
12 34 15.9
Declination
13 ° 04 ′ 31 ″
Redshift
0.000650/195 km/s
Distance
49.55 Mly
Group or cluster
Virgo Cluster
Type
SB0^+
Size
~50,270 ly (estimated)
Apparent size v
3.1 x 2.0

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 4531 is a spiral galaxy located about 50 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. It was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on April 17, 1784. NGC 4531 is a member of the Virgo Cluster.

See also

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 4531” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.