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Within Vinony's link graph, NGC 4468 is referenced by 495 other articles, and connects out to NGC 4624, epoch and NGC 4517.
It is catalogued under topics including Astronomical objects discovered in 1787, Coma Berenices and Dwarf elliptical galaxies.
Its subject is documented across 28 Wikipedia language editions.
Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- GiG
- Distance
- 46,794 light-years
- Redshift
- z = 0.00299
- Morphology
- SA
- Coordinates
- RA 187.3787° · Dec 14.0491°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Coma Berenices
- Right ascension
- 12 29 30.9
- Declination
- 14 ° 02 ′ 57 ″
- Redshift
- 0.003032/909 km/s
- Distance
- 55,100,000 ly
- Group or cluster
- Virgo Cluster
- Type
- E, SA0-?
- Size
- ~22,700 ly
- Apparent size v
- 1.45 x 0.96
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- lenticular galaxy
- Constellation
- Coma Berenices
- Distance from Earth
- 18.84
- Image
- SDSS NGC 4468.jpg
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- catalog code
- Gaia DR2 3932836651697132160
- discoverer or inventor
- William Herschel
- time of discovery or invention
- 1787-01-14
- apparent magnitude
- 12.253
- redshift
- 0.00299
- Commons category
- NGC 4468
- right ascension
- 187.37872136174640
- declination
- 14.04907832062500
- radial velocity
- 895
- epoch
- J2000.0
- galaxy morphological type
- S0a-S0/Sa
- right ascension component of proper motion
- -0.761
- declination component of proper motion
- 0.207
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 4468 is a dwarf elliptical galaxy located about 55 million light-years away in the constellation of Coma Berenices. The galaxy was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on January 14, 1787. It is a member of the Virgo Cluster.
See also
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