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Q1112233

galaxy

Key facts

Constellation: Virgo
Right ascension: 12 33 39.7
Declination: 09 ° 10 ′ 30 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity: 2329 km/s
Distance: 56.4 Mly
Group or cluster: Virgo Cluster
Type: SB(s)cd
Size: ~68,850 ly (estimated)
Apparent size v: 3.95 x 0.84

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Image: NGC 4522 Hubble heic0911b.jpg

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NGC 4522 is an edge-on spiral galaxy located about 60 million light-years away within the Virgo Cluster in the constellation Virgo. NGC 4522 is losing its molecular gas though ram-pressure stripping as it plows though the cluster at a speed of more than 10 million kilometres per hour. The galaxy was discovered by astronomer John Herschel on January 18, 1828.

Ram-pressure stripping