NGC 4984

galaxy

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Vinony's link graph records 657 inbound references to NGC 4984, and connects out to list of stars in Virgo, NGC 4624 and list of NGC objects (4001–5000).

Vinony files it under Lenticular galaxies, NGC 4856 Group and NGC objects.

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Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type: Sy1
Redshift: z = 0.004116
Morphology: SO-a
Coordinates: RA 197.2386° · Dec -15.5163°

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Key facts

Constellation: Virgo
Right ascension: 13 08 57.2
Declination: −15 ° 30 ′ 59 ″
Redshift: 1279 ± 6 km/ s
Type: (R)SAB(rs)0
Apparent size v: 2.8 ′ × 2.2 ′

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: lenticular galaxy
Constellation: Virgo
Distance from Earth: 14.97
Image: NGC 4984 2MASS.jpg

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Commons category: NGC 4984
catalog code: SZ II 6
galaxy morphological type: Sa
discoverer or inventor: William Herschel
time of discovery or invention: 1785-02-08
apparent magnitude: 7.744
right ascension: 197.2383875
declination: -15.5162972
radial velocity: 1231
redshift: 0.004116
epoch: J2000.0

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Encyclopedic overview

NGC 4984 is an intermediate lenticular galaxy exhibiting a double ring structure in the constellation Virgo. It is a member of the NGC 4856 Group of galaxies, which is a member of the Virgo II Groups, a series of galaxies and galaxy clusters strung out from the southern edge of the Virgo cluster.

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Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “NGC 4984” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.