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galaxy

Key facts

Constellation
Coma Berenices
Right ascension
12 05 15.2
Declination
21 ° 12 ′ 52 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
6768 km/s
Distance
315 Mly (96.6 Mpc )
Type
E
Size
~112,100 ly (34.37 kpc ) (estimated)
Apparent size v
0.4 x 0.4

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 4084 is an elliptical galaxy located 315 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. NGC 4084 was discovered by astronomer Heinrich d'Arrest on April 26, 1865. NGC 4084 is an isolated member of the Coma Supercluster and is classified as a LINER galaxy.

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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 4084” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.