NGC 4500 | |
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Observation data (J2000 epoch) | |
Constellation | Ursa Major |
Right ascension | 12h 31m 22.15431s[1] |
Declination | +57° 57′ 52.6226″[1] |
Redshift | 0.0110[2] |
Heliocentric radial velocity | 3280 km/s[2] |
Distance | 157.5 Mly (48.30 Mpc)[3] |
Apparent magnitude (V) | 12.52[4] |
Apparent magnitude (B) | 13.12[4] |
Characteristics | |
Type | SB(s)a[5] |
Other designations | |
UGC 7667, MCG +10-18-062, Mrk 213, PGC 41436[2] |
NGC 4500 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major. The galaxy was discovered on April 17, 1789 by William Herschel.[6] It is a blue compact galaxy.[2]
Its distance from Earth is approximately 50 million parsecs.[3]