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galaxy

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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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

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 4659” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.