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galaxy

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
EmG
Redshift
z = 0.004672809248990495
Morphology
SABb
Coordinates
RA 192.2591° · Dec -8.6643°
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Key facts

Constellation
Virgo
Right ascension
12 49 02.2
Declination
−08 ° 39 ′ 54 ″
Redshift
1394 ± 4 km / s
Distance
64 ± 24 Mly (19.7 ± 7.5 Mpc )
Type
SAB(rs)b
Apparent size v
3.8 ′ × 2.6 ′

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 4699 is an intermediate spiral galaxy located in the constellation Virgo. It is located at a distance of about 65 million light years from Earth, which, given its apparent dimensions, means that NGC 4699 is about 85,000 light years across. It was discovered by William Herschel in 1786. It is a member of the NGC 4699 Group of galaxies, which 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.

Characteristics

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 4699” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.