Q1110331

galaxy

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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Distance from Earth: 10.84

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Article

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.

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