NGC 4550
Sign in to savelenticular galaxy in the constellation Virgo
Key facts
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Right ascension
- 12 35 30.6
- Declination
- +12 ° 13 ′ 15 ″
- Redshift
- 381 ± 9 km/ s
- Distance
- 50.0 Mly
- Type
- SB(s)0
- Apparent size v
- 2′.85 × 0′.82
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- lenticular galaxy
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Distance from Earth
- 19.06
- Image
- NGC 4550 hst 05375 R814 G555.png
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- catalog code
- LEDA 41943
- Commons category
- NGC 4550
- discoverer or inventor
- William Herschel
- time of discovery or invention
- 1784-00-00
- declination
- 12.2209556
- apparent magnitude
- 8.692
- galaxy morphological type
- E-E/S0
- right ascension
- 188.8775500
- radial velocity
- 401
- redshift
- 0.001338
- epoch
- J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 4550 is a barred lenticular galaxy located in the constellation of Virgo that can be seen with amateur telescopes. It lies at a distance of 50 million light-years (15.5 mega parsecs) from the Milky Way and is a member of the Virgo Cluster. It was discovered in 1784 by William Herschel.
Physical characteristics
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 4550” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.