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galaxy

Key facts

Constellation
Virgo
Right ascension
12 29 28.0300
Declination
+08 ° 45 ′ 00.622 ″
Redshift
0.001 962 ± 0.000 008 03
Heliocentric radial velocity
588 ± 2 km/s
Distance
54.63 ± 0.16 Mly (16.750 ± 0.050 Mpc )
Group or cluster
Virgo Cluster
Type
SB(s)0/a, LINER
Size
~68,000 ly (20.85 kpc ) (estimated)
Apparent size v
2.50′ × 1.04′

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 4469 is a nearly edge-on spiral galaxy located about 55 million light-years away in the constellation of Virgo. It is also classified as a LINER galaxy. NGC 4469 was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on April 15, 1784. It is a member of the Virgo Cluster.

Physical characteristics

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Q1111748” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.