NGC 4569

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NGC 4569 is a bright, gas-stripped spiral galaxy in the Virgo Cluster notable for its unusually low star formation and strong nuclear activity.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf SAB(rs)ab galaxy
Virgo Cluster member
extragalactic radio source
gas-stripped galaxy
spiral galaxy
discoveredBy William Herschel NERFINISHED
discoveryDate 1781-03-18
environmentalEffect interaction with Virgo Cluster intracluster medium
hasAlternativeName M90 NERFINISHED
Messier 90 NERFINISHED
PGC 42089 NERFINISHED
UGC 7772 NERFINISHED
hasAngularSize 9.5 × 4.4 arcminutes
hasApparentMagnitudeV 9.5
hasBulgeType prominent bulge
hasCentralStarburst yes
hasColor relatively red disk
hasDeclination +13° 09′ 46″
hasDeficientNeutralHydrogen true
hasDistanceFromEarth approximately 16.5 megaparsecs
approximately 54 million light-years
hasGalaxyType intermediate spiral galaxy
hasInclinationToLineOfSight approximately 63 degrees
hasInnerRing yes
hasLowStarFormationRate true
hasMorphologicalType SAB(rs)ab
hasNuclearActivityType LINER
Seyfert-like nucleus NERFINISHED
hasPositionAngle approximately 23 degrees
hasRadialVelocity approximately −235 km/s
hasRadioContinuumTail yes
hasRedshift −0.0008
hasRightAscension 12h 36m 49.8s
hasStellarMass on the order of 10^10 solar masses
hasSupernova SN 1999cl NERFINISHED
hasSuppressedStarFormationInDisk true
hasTruncatedGasDisk true
hostedSupernovaType Type Ia
includedInCatalogue Messier Catalogue NERFINISHED
New General Catalogue NERFINISHED
locatedInConstellation Virgo NERFINISHED
memberOf Virgo Cluster NERFINISHED
observedInWavelength X-ray
optical
radio
ultraviolet
showsBarStructure weak bar
showsGasStripping ram-pressure stripping
showsNuclearActivity true

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Virgo Cluster containsGalaxy NGC 4569