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Within Vinony's link graph, NGC 4302 is referenced by 496 other articles, and connects out to NGC 4624, Coma Berenices and epoch.
It is catalogued under topics including Astronomical objects discovered in 1784, Coma Berenices and Discoveries by William Herschel.
Its subject is documented across 30 Wikipedia language editions.
Astronomical data · SIMBAD
- Object type
- GiC
- Redshift
- z = 0.003776404841849823
- Morphology
- S
- Coordinates
- RA 185.4270° · Dec 14.5978°
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Key facts
- Constellation
- Coma Berenices
- Right ascension
- 12 21 42.5
- Declination
- 14 ° 35 ′ 54 ″
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 1,149 km/s
- Distance
- 55 Mly (17 Mpc )
- Group or cluster
- Virgo Cluster
- Type
- Sc
- Mass
- 1.0 × 10 M ☉
- Size
- ~140,000 ly (42 kpc ) (estimated)
- Apparent size v
- 2.78 × 0.75
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- spiral galaxy
- Constellation
- Coma Berenices
- Distance from Earth
- 16.7
- Image
- SDSS NGC 4302.jpg
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- catalog code
- LEDA 39974
- Commons category
- NGC 4302
- discoverer or inventor
- William Herschel
- time of discovery or invention
- 1784-00-00
- apparent magnitude
- 7.826
- galaxy morphological type
- Sc(dSc)
- right ascension
- 185.4269875
- declination
- 14.5977611
- radial velocity
- 1113
- redshift
- 0.00372
- epoch
- J2000.0
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 4302 is an edge-on spiral galaxy located about 55 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices. It was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on April 8, 1784 and is a member of the Virgo Cluster.
It is classified as a Seyfert galaxy and as a LINER galaxy. It also has a prominent, extended dust lane.
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