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galaxy

Key facts

Constellation
Coma Berenices
Right ascension
12 04 09.4
Declination
20 ° 20 ′ 53 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
7365 km/s
Distance
340 Mly (105 Mpc )
Group or cluster
NGC 4065 Group
Type
E
Size
~150,000 ly (47 kpc ) (estimated)
Apparent size v
1.2 x 1.2

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Wikidata facts

Distance from Earth
107.44
Image
SDSS NGC 4066.jpg
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galaxy morphological type
Sb
catalog code
[ZEH2003] RX J1204.1+2020 1
time of discovery or invention
1827-02-24
apparent magnitude
15.446
right ascension
181.0392030
declination
20.3479380
radial velocity
7267
redshift
0.024567
Commons category
NGC 4066
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NGC 4066 is an elliptical galaxy located 340 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. The galaxy was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on April 27, 1785. NGC 4066 is a member of the NGC 4065 Group.

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