NGC 4660

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NGC 4660 is an elliptical galaxy located in the constellation Virgo and is a member of the Virgo Cluster of galaxies.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
NGC 4660 canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf elliptical galaxy
galaxy
AGNActivity weak or absent
alternativeName PGC 42927
VCC 2000
apparentMagnitude ~12
apparentMagnitudeV ~12.0
apparentSize ~1.5′ × 1.0′
bestSeenFrom Northern Hemisphere
bestViewingSeason spring
catalog New General Catalogue
clusterMembership Virgo Cluster core region
color red
constellation Virgo
declination +11° 11′
discoveredBy William Herschel
discoveryDate 1784
distanceFromEarth ~18 Mpc
~60 million light-years
dominantStellarPopulationAge old
dustContent low
environment cluster galaxy
galaxyCluster Virgo Cluster
galaxyType early-type galaxy
hasBar false
hasGlobularClusterSystem true
hasSpiralArms false
hasSupermassiveBlackHole true
hemisphere Northern celestial hemisphere
hostCluster Virgo Cluster
HubbleSequenceType E (elliptical)
isGravitationallyBoundTo Virgo Cluster potential
isNearbyGalaxy true
isNonStarforming true
locatedIn Virgo (constellation)
linked to: Virgo constellation

Virgo Cluster
memberOf Virgo Cluster
morphologicalType E
observedIn infrared wavelengths
optical wavelengths
radio wavelengths
radialVelocity ~1890 km/s
redshift 0.0063
rightAscension 12h 44m 32s
skyLocation near the center of the Virgo Cluster
starFormationRate low
stellarPopulation predominantly old stars
surfaceBrightnessProfile de Vaucouleurs law
linked to: Sérsic profile

How these facts were elicited

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Virgo Cluster containsGalaxy NGC 4660