Key facts
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Right ascension
- 12 32 45.586
- Declination
- +00 ° 06 ′ 54.14 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 1131 km/s
- Distance
- 40 million ly
- Type
- Sc(dSc)
- Apparent size v
- 10.733 x 1.717 82
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 4517 is a spiral galaxy located approximately 40 million light-years away in the constellation of Virgo. It was discovered in 1784 by William Herschel. It is a member of the Virgo II Groups, a series of galaxies and galaxy clusters strung out from the southern edge of the Virgo Supercluster.
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