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NGC 4556

galaxy

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Vinony's link graph records 199 inbound references to NGC 4556, and connects out to NGC 4624, Coma Berenices and NGC 4555.

Vinony files it under Astronomical objects discovered in 1785, Coma Berenices and Elliptical galaxies.

Vinony links it to 28 Wikipedia language editions.

Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type: GiG
Redshift: z = 0.02477
Morphology: E
Coordinates: RA 188.9411° · Dec 26.9089°

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Key facts

Constellation: Coma Berenices
Right ascension: 12 35 45.8
Declination: 26 ° 54 ′ 32 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity: 7424 km/s
Distance: 340 Mly (105 Mpc )
Type: cD, E+
Size: ~167,500 ly (51.36 kpc ) (estimated)
Apparent size v: 1.35′ × 0.93′

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: elliptical galaxy
Constellation: Coma Berenices
Distance from Earth: 115.93
Image: NGC4556 - SDSS DR14.jpg

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time of discovery or invention: 1785-04-11
catalog code: LEDA 41980
discoverer or inventor: William Herschel
apparent magnitude: 9.906
galaxy morphological type: E/S0
Commons category: NGC 4556
right ascension: 188.9410708
declination: 26.9088222
radial velocity: 7466
redshift: 0.025221
epoch: J2000.0

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 4556 is an elliptical galaxy and a cD galaxy located 340 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. It was discovered on April 11, 1785, by astronomer William Herschel. NGC 4556 is a member of a group of 12 galaxies known as [T2015] nest 100082, or the NGC 4555 Group, and is part of the Coma Supercluster.

NGC 4556 is host to a supermassive black hole with an estimated mass of 1.1 × 10 M☉.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 4556” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.