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galaxy

Key facts

Constellation
Virgo
Right ascension
12 35 36.6
Declination
03 ° 02 ′ 04 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
1154 km/s
Distance
52 Mly
Group or cluster
Virgo Cluster
Type
SB0/a?
Size
~44,000 ly (estimated)
Apparent size v
2.0 x 0.6

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
spiral galaxy
Constellation
Virgo
Distance from Earth
18.71
Image
SDSS NGC 4544.jpeg
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catalog code
Gaia DR2 3706512761623911680
time of discovery or invention
1887-04-27
discoverer or inventor
Edward D. Swift
apparent magnitude
12.386
redshift
0.003849
Commons category
NGC 4544
right ascension
188.90231827162660
declination
3.03448520163300
radial velocity
1013
epoch
J2000.0
galaxy morphological type
Sc(dSc)
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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 4544 is an edge-on spiral galaxy located about 52 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo. NGC 4544 was discovered by astronomer Edward Swift on April 27, 1887. NGC 4544 is a member of the Virgo Cluster.

See also

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 4544” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.