Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- LIN
- Redshift
- z = 0.003147125953202101
- Morphology
- SAa
- Coordinates
- RA 184.9608° · Dec 29.6148°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Coma Berenices
- Right ascension
- 12 19 50.5963
- Declination
- +29 ° 36 ′ 52.912 ″
- Redshift
- 0.003 102 ± 0.000 0230
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 930 ± 7 km/s
- Distance
- 45.37 ± 4.66 Mly (13.911 ± 1.429 Mpc )
- Group or cluster
- NGC 4274 group (LGG 279)
- Type
- (R)SB(r)ab
- Size
- ~99,000 ly (30.35 kpc ) (estimated)
- Apparent size v
- 6.8 ′ × 2.5 ′
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- spiral galaxy
- Constellation
- Coma Berenices
- Distance from Earth
- 10.84
- Image
- NGC 4274 SDSS.jpg
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- catalog code
- LEDA 39724
- radial velocity
- 909
- Commons category
- NGC 4274
- discoverer or inventor
- William Herschel
- time of discovery or invention
- 1785-03-13
- epoch
- J2000.0
- apparent magnitude
- 9.995
- galaxy morphological type
- SAa
- right ascension
- 184.9611042
- declination
- 29.6147000
- redshift
- 0.003102
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 4274 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Coma Berenices. It is located at a distance of about 45 million light years from Earth, which, given its apparent dimensions, means that NGC 4274 is about 95,000 light years across. It was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on 13 March 1785.
Characteristics
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