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Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
Sy2
Distance
5,036 light-years
Redshift
z = 0.003492
Morphology
E-S0
Coordinates
RA 188.8729° · Dec -3.7932°
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Key facts

Constellation
Virgo
Right ascension
12 35 29.5
Declination
−03 ° 47 ′ 35.5 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
1057 ± 5 km/s
Distance
45.6 M ly
Type
SB0

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 4546 is a lenticular field galaxy located in the direction of the constellation Virgo, with a total population of globular clusters estimated at 390. It is a member of the Virgo II Groups, a series of galaxies and galaxy clusters strung out from the southern edge of the Virgo Supercluster.

Located 45.6 million light years away, with a stellar mass of about 27 billion solar masses, it has a declination of −03° 47' 35" and an average rise of 12 hours, 35 minutes and 29.5 seconds. NGC 4546 was discovered on December 29, 1786 by William Herschel.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 4546” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.