NGC 4540

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NGC 4540
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Hubble Space Telescope image of NGC 4540.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation Coma Berenices
Right ascension 12h 34m 50.9s [1]
Declination 15° 33′ 06″ [1]
Redshift 0.004306 [1]
Heliocentric radial velocity 1291 km/s [1]
Distance 64 Mly [2]
Group or cluster Virgo Cluster
Apparent magnitude  (V)12.44 [1]
Characteristics
Type SAB(rs)cd, Sy1 [1]
Size~39,120 ly (estimated) [1]
Apparent size  (V)1.9 x 1.5 [1]
Other designations
PGC 41876, UGC 7742, IRAS 12323+1549, MCG 3-32-74, CGCG 99-93, VCC 1588 [1]

NGC 4540 is a spiral galaxy with type 1 Seyfert activity [3] located about 64 million light-years away [4] in the constellation Coma Berenices. [5] NGC 4540 was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on March 21, 1784 [6] and is a member of the Virgo Cluster. [7] [8]

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See also

NGC 4540 (SDSS DR14) NGC4540 - SDSS DR14.jpg
NGC 4540 (SDSS DR14)

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 4540. Retrieved 2018-01-04.
  2. ↑ "parsecs to lightyears conversion" . Retrieved 2017-09-30.
  3. ↑ Normandin, George P. "Galaxies IC 3528 and NGC 4540, Supernova 2001z". www.kopernik.org. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
  4. ↑ "Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
  5. ↑ "Revised NGC Data for NGC 4540". spider.seds.org. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
  6. ↑ "New General Catalog Objects: NGC 4500 - 4549". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
  7. ↑ "The Virgo Cluster". www.atlasoftheuniverse.com. Retrieved 2018-01-05.
  8. ↑ "Detailed Object Classifications". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2018-01-05.


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