NGC 4531

NGC 4531 is a spiral galaxy located about 50 million light-years away[3] in the constellation Virgo.[4] It was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on April 17, 1784.[5] NGC 4531 is member of the Virgo Cluster.[6][7]

NGC 4531
SDSS image of NGC 4531.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Virgo
Right ascension	12^h 34^m 15.9^s[1]
Declination	13° 04′ 31″[1]
Redshift	0.000650/195 km/s[1]
Distance	49.55 Mly[2]
Group or cluster	Virgo Cluster
Apparent magnitude (V)	12.42[1]
Characteristics
Type	SB0^+[1]
Size	~50,270 ly (estimated)[1]
Apparent size (V)	3.1 x 2.0[1]
Other designations
PGC 41806, UGC 7729, VCC 1552 [1]

See also

• List of NGC objects (4001–5000)
• NGC 4826

References

1. "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 4531. Retrieved 2017-11-25.
2. "parsecs to lightyears conversion". Retrieved 2017-09-30.
3. "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2017-11-26.
4. "Revised NGC Data for NGC 4531". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2017-11-26.
5. "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 4500 - 4549". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2017-11-08.
6. "The Virgo Cluster". www.atlasoftheuniverse.com. Retrieved 2017-11-21.
7. "Detailed Object Classifications". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2017-11-26.

External links

• Media related to NGC 4531 at Wikimedia Commons

• NGC 4531 on WikiSky: DSS2, SDSS, GALEX, IRAS, Hydrogen α, X-Ray, Astrophoto, Sky Map, Articles and images