NGC 4565
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NGC 4565 | |
Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
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Constellation | Coma Berenices |
Right ascension | 12h 36m 20.8s[1] |
Declination | +25° 59′ 16″[1] |
Redshift | 1230 ± 5 km/s[1] |
Distance | 53 ± 4 Mly (16.2 ± 1.3 Mpc)[2] |
Type | SA(s)b?[1] |
Apparent dimensions (V) | 15′.90 × 1′.85[1] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 10.42[1] |
Other designations | |
UGC 7772,[1] PGC 42038[1] | |
See also: Galaxy, List of galaxies |
NGC 4565 is an edge-on unbarred spiral galaxy about 53 million light-years away in the constellation Coma Berenices.
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- ^ a b c d e f g h NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database. Results for NGC 4565. Retrieved on 2006-10-12.
- ^ Jensen, Joseph B.; Tonry, John L.; Barris, Brian J.; Thompson, Rodger I.; Liu, Michael C.; Rieke, Marcia J.; Ajhar, Edward A.; Blakeslee, John P. (February 2003). "Measuring Distances and Probing the Unresolved Stellar Populations of Galaxies Using Infrared Surface Brightness Fluctuations". Astrophysical Journal 583 (2): 712–726. doi: .