Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- GiG
- Redshift
- z = 0.006208
- Morphology
- SAB_a
- Coordinates
- RA 190.3865° · Dec 7.3149°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Right ascension
- 12 41 32.7
- Declination
- 07 ° 18 ′ 54 ″
- Redshift
- 0.005921/1775 km/s
- Distance
- 57,166,550 ly
- Group or cluster
- Virgo Cluster
- Type
- (R)SAB0^0
- Size
- ~40,840.24 ly (estimated)
- Apparent size v
- 2.17 x 1.38
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- lenticular galaxy
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Distance from Earth
- 19.68
- Image
- SDSS NGC 4612.jpg
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- galaxy morphological type
- SB0
- Commons category
- NGC 4612
- right ascension
- 190.3864917
- catalog code
- LEDA 42574
- declination
- 7.3147806
- discoverer or inventor
- William Herschel
- time of discovery or invention
- 1784-01-23
- epoch
- J2000.0
- apparent magnitude
- 14.088
- redshift
- 0.006208
- radial velocity
- 1855
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 4612 is a barred lenticular galaxy located about 57 million light-years away in the constellation of Virgo. NGC 4612 was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on January 23, 1784. The galaxy is a member of the Virgo Cluster.
Physical characteristics
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 4612” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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