NGC 4459
E525781
NGC 4459 is a lenticular galaxy located in the Virgo constellation and is a member of the Virgo Cluster of galaxies.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Virgo Cluster member
ⓘ
galaxy ⓘ lenticular galaxy ⓘ |
| angularSize | ~3.8 × 3.1 arcmin ⓘ |
| apparentMagnitudeV | ~11.4 ⓘ |
| catalog | New General Catalogue NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| centralBlackHoleMass | on the order of 10^7–10^8 solar masses ⓘ |
| declination | +13° 58′ ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | William Herschel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveryDate | 1784 ⓘ |
| distanceFromEarth |
~15 Mpc
ⓘ
~50 million light-years ⓘ |
| environment | cluster environment ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
PGC 41081
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
UGC 7614 NERFINISHED ⓘ VCC 1154 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasBar | no prominent large-scale bar ⓘ |
| hasBulge | yes ⓘ |
| hasCentralBlackHole | yes ⓘ |
| hasColdGas | yes ⓘ |
| hasDust | yes ⓘ |
| hasDustDisk | yes ⓘ |
| hasIonizedGas | yes ⓘ |
| hasKinematicsStudy |
gas kinematics
ⓘ
stellar kinematics ⓘ |
| hasNuclearDisk | yes ⓘ |
| hasPhotometricBandData |
infrared
ⓘ
optical ⓘ |
| hasStarFormation | low-level central star formation ⓘ |
| hasStellarPopulation | dominantly old stars ⓘ |
| isEarlyTypeGalaxy | yes ⓘ |
| isInSupercluster | Virgo Supercluster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isNearbyGalaxy | yes ⓘ |
| isPartOf | local universe ⓘ |
| locatedInConstellation | Virgo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOf | Virgo Cluster NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| morphologicalType | S0 ⓘ |
| observedByTelescope |
Hubble Space Telescope
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Very Large Array NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| observedInSurvey | Virgo Cluster Catalog NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| radialVelocity | ~1180 km/s ⓘ |
| redshift | 0.0039 ⓘ |
| rightAscension | 12h 29m 00s ⓘ |
| showsDustLanes | yes ⓘ |
| spectralType | early-type galaxy spectrum ⓘ |
| surfaceBrightnessProfile | typical of S0 galaxies ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.