NGC 4478

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NGC 4478 is an elliptical galaxy located in the constellation Virgo and is a member of the Virgo Cluster of galaxies.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf elliptical galaxy
galaxy
angularSize 2.5′ × 1.9′
apparentMagnitudeB 12.0
apparentMagnitudeV 11.2
belongsTo Virgo constellation region of the sky
catalog New General Catalogue NERFINISHED
constellation Virgo NERFINISHED
coordinateSystem equatorial coordinates (J2000)
declination +12° 19′ 43″
discoverer William Herschel NERFINISHED
discoveryDate 1784
distance about 15 Mpc
about 50 million light-years
environment dense cluster environment
galacticLatitude +74.5° (approximate)
galacticLongitude 283.8° (approximate)
galaxyCluster Virgo Cluster NERFINISHED
hasDustContent low dust content
hasStarFormationRate low star formation rate
hasStellarPopulation old stars
hemisphere Northern celestial hemisphere
hostCluster Virgo Cluster NERFINISHED
hostGalaxyCluster Virgo Cluster NERFINISHED
locatedIn Virgo Cluster NERFINISHED
Virgo Supercluster NERFINISHED
Virgo constellation NERFINISHED
local universe
memberOf Virgo Cluster NERFINISHED
morphologicalType E2
nearbyObject M87 NERFINISHED
NGC 4476 NERFINISHED
NGCNumber 4478
observedInSurvey 2MASS NERFINISHED
Sloan Digital Sky Survey NERFINISHED
radialVelocity 1320 km/s
redshift 0.0044
rightAscension 12h 30m 17s
skyPosition near the center of the Virgo Cluster
surfaceBrightnessProfile typical of elliptical galaxies
visibleIn optical wavelengths

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Virgo Cluster containsGalaxy NGC 4478