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galaxy

Key facts

Constellation
Coma Berenices
Right ascension
12 39 51.9
Declination
15 ° 17 ′ 52 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
631 km/s
Distance
42 Mly (13 Mpc )
Group or cluster
Virgo Cluster
Type
SAB(rs)b
Size
~23,600 ly (7.23 kpc ) (estimated)
Apparent size v
1.7 x 1.1

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 4595 is a spiral galaxy located about 42 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. NGC 4595 was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on January 14, 1787. NGC 4595 is a member of the Virgo Cluster.

See also

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 4595” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.