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Astronomical data · SIMBAD

Object type
Sy2
Distance
12,652 light-years
Redshift
z = 0.01035705
Morphology
SAB
Coordinates
RA 187.8424° · Dec 57.9646°
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Key facts

Constellation
Ursa Major
Right ascension
12 31 22.15431
Declination
+57 ° 57 ′ 52.6226 ″
Heliocentric radial velocity
3280 km/s
Distance
157.5 Mly (48.30 Mpc )
Type
SB(s)a

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Wikidata facts

Distance from Earth
51.0
Image
NGC 4500 hst 06633 R814G555B450.png
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catalog code
LEDA 41436
radial velocity
3280
Commons category
NGC 4500
time of discovery or invention
1789-00-00
apparent magnitude
9.745
galaxy morphological type
3
right ascension
187.84230962108920
declination
57.96461738813360
redshift
0.010504
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NGC 4500 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major. The galaxy was discovered on April 17, 1789 by William Herschel. It is a blue compact galaxy.

Its distance from Earth is approximately 50 million parsecs.

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