Key facts
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Right ascension
- 12 29 28.0300
- Declination
- +08 ° 45 ′ 00.622 ″
- Redshift
- 0.001 962 ± 0.000 008 03
- Heliocentric radial velocity
- 588 ± 2 km/s
- Distance
- 54.63 ± 0.16 Mly (16.750 ± 0.050 Mpc )
- Group or cluster
- Virgo Cluster
- Type
- SB(s)0/a, LINER
- Size
- ~68,000 ly (20.85 kpc ) (estimated)
- Apparent size v
- 2.50′ × 1.04′
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- lenticular galaxy
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Distance from Earth
- 19.11
- Image
- NGC 4469 imaged by the Vera C. Rubin Observatory.png
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- catalog code
- LEDA 41164
- Commons category
- NGC 4469
- discoverer or inventor
- William Herschel
- time of discovery or invention
- 1784-00-00
- apparent magnitude
- 10.760
- radial velocity
- 590
- right ascension
- 187.3666542
- declination
- 8.7501750
- redshift
- 0.00197
- epoch
- J2000.0
- galaxy morphological type
- Sa
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Encyclopedic overview
NGC 4469 is a nearly edge-on spiral galaxy located about 55 million light-years away in the constellation of Virgo. It is also classified as a LINER galaxy. NGC 4469 was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel on April 15, 1784. It is a member of the Virgo Cluster.
Physical characteristics
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