NGC 4725

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NGC 4725 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices, notable for having only one prominent spiral arm.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Seyfert galaxy
astronomical object
barred spiral galaxy
ringed galaxy
AGNType Seyfert 2 NERFINISHED
apparentMagnitudeV 10.2
apparentSize 10.7 × 7.6 arcminutes
belongsToGroup Coma I Group NERFINISHED
bestObservedIn spring
catalog New General Catalogue NERFINISHED
companionGalaxy NGC 4747 NERFINISHED
constellation Coma Berenices NERFINISHED
declination +25° 30′ 03″
discoveredBy William Herschel NERFINISHED
discoveryDate 1785-04-06
distanceFromEarth about 12 megaparsecs
about 40 million light-years
epoch J2000
galaxyType intermediate barred spiral galaxy
hasActiveNucleus yes
hasBar yes
hasCompanionGalaxy yes
hasDustLanes yes
hasInnerRing yes
hasOuterRing yes
hasRingStructure yes
hasSpiralArmCount 1
hasStarFormingRegions yes
hostGalaxyFor supernova SN 1940B NERFINISHED
isAsymmetric yes
isIncludedIn Principal Galaxies Catalogue NERFINISHED
Uppsala General Catalogue of Galaxies NERFINISHED
isObservableFrom Northern Hemisphere NERFINISHED
locatedIn Virgo Supercluster NERFINISHED
morphologicalType SAB(r)ab
NGCNumber 4725
notableFeature single prominent spiral arm
otherDesignation IRAS 12505+2531 NERFINISHED
MCG+04-30-020 NERFINISHED
PGC 43451 NERFINISHED
UGC 7996 NERFINISHED
radialVelocity 1200 km/s
redshift 0.00403
rightAscension 12h 50m 26s
supernovaSN1940BDiscoveryYear 1940
supernovaSN1940BType Type Ia
surfaceBrightness low to moderate

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Open cluster M25 alsoKnownAs NGC 4725
Messier 25 otherName NGC 4725