NGC 4550
Sign in to savelenticular galaxy in the constellation Virgo
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Within Vinony's link graph, NGC 4550 is referenced by 657 other articles, and connects out to list of stars in Virgo, NGC 4624 and list of NGC objects (4001–5000).
It sits within the topics Barred lenticular galaxies, Lenticular galaxies and NGC objects.
Its subject is documented across 32 Wikipedia language editions.
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.