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Q1111603

galaxy

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Constellation: Virgo
Right ascension: 12 28.7 00
Declination: +11 ° 45 ′ 00 ″
Distance: 18.5 Mpc (60 Mly )
Group or cluster: Virgo
Type: S
Apparent size v: 2.7' × 36" (35 kly (11 kpc) in diameter)

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Wikidata facts

Distance from Earth: 18.95
Image: NGC 4452.jpg

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catalog code: Gaia DR2 3907556920868966528
right ascension: 187.18041002251450
Commons category: NGC 4452
time of discovery or invention: 1784-03-15
apparent magnitude: 11.511
galaxy morphological type: S0
redshift: 0.000497
declination: 11.75505669959850
radial velocity: 162

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NGC 4452 is an edge-on lenticular galaxy that is part of the Virgo Cluster. NGC 4452 is about 60 million light-years (18 Mpc) away from Earth and 35 kly (11 kpc) in diameter. This galaxy was first seen by William Herschel in 1784 with his 47 cm (19 in) telescope.

NGC 4452 is so thin that it is actually difficult to determine what type of disk galaxy it is. Its lack of a visible dust lane indicates that it is a low-dust lenticular galaxy, although it is still possible that a view from on top would reveal spiral structure. The unusual stellar line segment spans about 35,000 light-years from end to end.