Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- Sy2
- Distance
- 5,036 light-years
- Redshift
- z = 0.003492
- Morphology
- E-S0
- Coordinates
- RA 188.8729° · Dec -3.7932°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Right ascension
- 12 35 29.5
- Declination
- −03 ° 47 ′ 35.5 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 1057 ± 5 km/s
- Distance
- 45.6 M ly
- Type
- SB0
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- lenticular galaxy
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Distance from Earth
- 10.29
- Image
- NGC 4546 cutout hst 05446 2a wfpc2 total pc sci.jpg
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- catalog code
- LEDA 41939
- discoverer or inventor
- William Herschel
- time of discovery or invention
- 1786-12-29
- apparent magnitude
- 7.391
- right ascension
- 188.8729417
- declination
- -3.7932278
- radial velocity
- 1045
- redshift
- 0.003492
- epoch
- J2000.0
- galaxy morphological type
- SB0
- Commons category
- NGC 4546
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 4546 is a lenticular field galaxy located in the direction of the constellation Virgo, with a total population of globular clusters estimated at 390. 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.
Located 45.6 million light years away, with a stellar mass of about 27 billion solar masses, it has a declination of −03° 47' 35" and an average rise of 12 hours, 35 minutes and 29.5 seconds. NGC 4546 was discovered on December 29, 1786 by William Herschel.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 4546” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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