NGC 4526
E523683
NGC 4526 is a lenticular galaxy notable for its bright central dust disk and supermassive black hole, located in the constellation Virgo as a member of the Virgo Cluster.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
galaxy
ⓘ
lenticular galaxy ⓘ |
| contains | supermassive black hole ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | William Herschel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveryDate | 1779-04-13 ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth |
~17 Mpc
ⓘ
~55 million light-years ⓘ |
| hasAngularSize | 7.2′ × 2.4′ ⓘ |
| hasApparentMagnitudeV | ~10.7 ⓘ |
| hasCatalogDesignation |
NGC 4526
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
PGC 41789 NERFINISHED ⓘ UGC 7718 NERFINISHED ⓘ VCC 1535 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCentralBlackHole | NGC 4526*BH NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCentralBlackHoleMass | ~4.5×10^8 solar masses ⓘ |
| hasDeclination | +07° 41′ 57″ ⓘ |
| hasDustContent | significant dust in inner regions ⓘ |
| hasDustDiskOrientation | nearly edge-on ⓘ |
| hasDustFeature | bright central dust disk ⓘ |
| hasEnvironment | cluster galaxy ⓘ |
| hasGalaxyColor | red ⓘ |
| hasGalaxyType | early-type galaxy ⓘ |
| hasGasContent | molecular gas in central disk ⓘ |
| hasHubbleSequencePosition | between elliptical and spiral galaxies ⓘ |
| hasInclination | high inclination to line of sight ⓘ |
| hasMorphologicalType |
S0
ⓘ
SAB0 ⓘ |
| hasNotableFeature |
fast-rotating disk
ⓘ
prominent dust lanes near the nucleus ⓘ well-defined bulge ⓘ |
| hasObservationBy |
ALMA
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hubble Space Telescope NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRadialVelocity | ~615 km/s ⓘ |
| hasRedshift | 0.00206 ⓘ |
| hasRightAscension | 12h 34m 03.0s ⓘ |
| hasStarFormationRate | low ⓘ |
| hasStellarPopulation | predominantly old stars ⓘ |
| hasSupermassiveBlackHoleMeasurementMethod | gas-dynamical modeling of circumnuclear disk ⓘ |
| hasSurfaceBrightnessProfile | typical of S0 galaxies ⓘ |
| isGravitationallyBoundTo | Virgo Cluster potential ⓘ |
| isIncludedIn | New General Catalogue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isPartOf | local universe ⓘ |
| locatedInConstellation | Virgo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInSupercluster | Virgo Supercluster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf | Virgo Cluster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| observedIn |
infrared wavelengths
ⓘ
optical wavelengths ⓘ radio wavelengths ⓘ |
| shows | regular rotation in its central dust disk ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.