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Within Vinony's link graph, NGC 4659 is referenced by 494 other articles, and connects out to Q1112974, Coma Berenices and epoch.
It sits within the topics Astronomical objects discovered in 1784, Coma Berenices and Lenticular galaxies.
Its subject is documented across 28 Wikipedia language editions.
Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- GiG
- Redshift
- z = 0.00159
- Morphology
- SAB
- Coordinates
- RA 191.1225° · Dec 13.4986°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Coma Berenices
- Right ascension
- 12 44 29.4
- Declination
- 13 ° 29 ′ 55 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 480 km/s
- Distance
- 54 Mly (16.5 Mpc )
- Group or cluster
- Virgo Cluster
- Type
- S0/a
- Size
- ~6,700 ly (2.04 kpc ) (estimated)
- Apparent size v
- 1.76 x 1.12
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Wikidata facts
- Distance from Earth
- 19.03
- Image
- SDSS NGC 4659.jpg
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- catalog code
- Gaia DR2 3929268526012368512
- time of discovery or invention
- 1784-04-12
- apparent magnitude
- 11.595
- redshift
- 0.000891
- Commons category
- NGC 4659
- right ascension
- 191.12245193474850
- declination
- 13.49856747700060
- radial velocity
- 476
- galaxy morphological type
- Sa
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 4659 is a lenticular galaxy located about 54 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. NGC 4659 was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on April 12, 1784 and is a member of the Virgo Cluster.
See also
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