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Constellation
Coma Berenices
Right ascension
12 31 24.1
Declination
+25 ° 46 ′ 31 ″
Redshift
1342 ± 5 km / s
Distance
45 ± 10 Mly (13.7 ± 3.2 Mpc )
Type
E1–2
Apparent size v
4.8 ′ × 3.5 ′

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Distance from Earth
20.86
Image
NGC 4494 2MASS.jpg
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catalog code
LEDA 41441
galaxy morphological type
E
Commons category
NGC 4494
time of discovery or invention
1785-04-06
apparent magnitude
6.998
right ascension
187.8501417
declination
25.7749806
radial velocity
1318
redshift
0.004406

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NGC 4494 is an elliptical galaxy located in the constellation Coma Berenices. It is located at a distance of circa 45 million light years from Earth, which, given its apparent dimensions, means that NGC 4494 is about 60,000 light years across. It was discovered by William Herschel in 1785.

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