Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- Sy1
- Redshift
- z = 0.004116
- Morphology
- SO-a
- Coordinates
- RA 197.2386° · Dec -15.5163°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Right ascension
- 13 08 57.2
- Declination
- −15 ° 30 ′ 59 ″
- Redshift
- 1279 ± 6 km/ s
- Type
- (R)SAB(rs)0
- Apparent size v
- 2.8 ′ × 2.2 ′
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- lenticular galaxy
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Distance from Earth
- 14.97
- Image
- NGC 4984 2MASS.jpg
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- Commons category
- NGC 4984
- catalog code
- SZ II 6
- galaxy morphological type
- Sa
- discoverer or inventor
- William Herschel
- time of discovery or invention
- 1785-02-08
- apparent magnitude
- 7.744
- right ascension
- 197.2383875
- declination
- -15.5162972
- radial velocity
- 1231
- redshift
- 0.004116
- epoch
- J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 4984 is an intermediate lenticular galaxy exhibiting a double ring structure in the constellation Virgo. It is a member of the NGC 4856 Group of galaxies, which is a member of the Virgo II Groups, a series of galaxies and galaxy clusters strung out from the southern edge of the Virgo cluster.
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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 4984” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.