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galaxy

Key facts

Constellation
Coma Berenices
Right ascension
12 39 51.9
Declination
15 ° 17 ′ 52 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
631 km/s
Distance
42 Mly (13 Mpc )
Group or cluster
Virgo Cluster
Type
SAB(rs)b
Size
~23,600 ly (7.23 kpc ) (estimated)
Apparent size v
1.7 x 1.1

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
spiral galaxy
Constellation
Coma Berenices
Distance from Earth
16
Image
SDSS NGC 4595.jpg
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Commons category
NGC 4595
catalog code
Gaia DR2 3932743085838397952
redshift
0.002105
discoverer or inventor
William Herschel
time of discovery or invention
1787-01-14
apparent magnitude
12.305
galaxy morphological type
Sc(dSc)
right ascension
189.96630416235520
declination
15.29776674803580
radial velocity
677
epoch
J2000.0
right ascension component of proper motion
0.012
declination component of proper motion
-0.008
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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 4595 is a spiral galaxy located about 42 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. NGC 4595 was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on January 14, 1787. NGC 4595 is a member of the Virgo Cluster.

See also

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 4595” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.