Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- GiG
- Redshift
- z = 0.00317
- Morphology
- SB_{ax}
- Coordinates
- RA 188.2814° · Dec 14.5749°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Coma Berenices
- Right ascension
- 12 33 07.5349
- Declination
- +14 ° 34 ′ 29.892 ″
- Distance
- 60.9 ± 4.4 Mly (18.66 ± 1.35 Mpc )
- Group or cluster
- Virgo Cluster
- Type
- SB(rs)ab?
- Size
- ~31,600 ly (9.69 kpc ) (estimated)
- Apparent size v
- 1.9′ × 0.77′
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- spiral galaxy
- Constellation
- Coma Berenices
- Distance from Earth
- 19.07
- Image
- SDSS NGC 4516.jpg
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- time of discovery or invention
- 1784-04-08
- catalog code
- Gaia DR2 3932961377547560576
- discoverer or inventor
- William Herschel
- apparent magnitude
- 12.277
- galaxy morphological type
- S0
- Commons category
- NGC 4516
- right ascension
- 188.28140421557820
- declination
- 14.57492900469920
- radial velocity
- 949
- redshift
- 0.00317
- epoch
- J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 4516 is a barred spiral galaxy located about 55 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. NGC 4516 was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on April 8, 1784. NGC 4516 is a member of the Virgo Cluster.
See also
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 4516” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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