NGC 4579

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NGC 4579 is a barred spiral galaxy with an active galactic nucleus located in the constellation Virgo and associated with the Virgo Cluster.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf LINER galaxy
Seyfert galaxy
active galaxy
barred spiral galaxy
catalog New General Catalogue NERFINISHED
discoveredBy William Herschel NERFINISHED
discoveryDate 15 April 1779
hasActiveGalacticNucleus yes
hasAlternativeName M58 NERFINISHED
Messier 58 NERFINISHED
PGC 42168 NERFINISHED
UGC 7796 NERFINISHED
hasAngularSize 5.9 × 4.7 arcminutes
hasApparentMagnitudeV 10.5
hasBar yes
hasCentralBulge prominent
hasCoordinateEpoch J2000
hasDeclination +11° 49′ 05″
hasDistanceFromEarth ~60 million light-years
hasDustLanes yes
hasEstimatedBlackHoleMass ~5×10^7 solar masses
hasGalaxyColor intermediate
hasGalaxyType intermediate barred spiral
hasHostClusterEnvironment rich galaxy cluster
hasHubbleType SABb
hasInclination moderate
hasMorphologicalType SAB(rs)b
hasNuclearActivityType LINER
Seyfert 2 NERFINISHED
hasNuclearOutflows yes
hasNuclearRing yes
hasRadialVelocity 1519 km/s
hasRedshift 0.00506
hasRightAscension 12h 37m 43s
hasSpiralArms yes
hasStarFormation moderate
hasSupermassiveBlackHole yes
includedInCatalogue Messier Catalogue NERFINISHED
New General Catalogue NERFINISHED
Uppsala General Catalogue NERFINISHED
isInSupercluster Virgo Supercluster NERFINISHED
isNearbyTo NGC 4569 NERFINISHED
NGC 4596 NERFINISHED
locatedInConstellation Virgo NERFINISHED
memberOf Virgo Cluster NERFINISHED
observedInWavelength X-ray
optical
radio

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Virgo Cluster containsGalaxy NGC 4579