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galaxy

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
GiC
Redshift
z = 0.0008509505010019236
Morphology
SA_B
Coordinates
RA 188.4500° · Dec 15.1683°
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Key facts

Constellation
Coma Berenices
Right ascension
12 33 48.0000
Declination
15 ° 10 ′ 05.001 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
259 ± 5 km/s
Distance
42.38 ± 6.52 Mly (13 ± 2 Mpc )
Group or cluster
Virgo Cluster
Type
SAB(s)m
Size
~39,600 ly (estimated)
Apparent size v
2.0 x 1.9

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 4523 is a Magellanic spiral galaxy located about 35 to 50 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. It was discovered by astronomer Heinrich d'Arrest on April 19, 1865. NGC 4523 is a member of the Virgo Cluster. A distance of (13 ± 2 Mpc) for NGC 4523 was derived from using yellow supergiants in the galaxy as standard candles.

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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 4523” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.