NGC 4258

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:galaxy
gptkbp:body_style gptkb:physicist
gptkbp:contains gptkb:football_club
gptkb:battle
gptkbp:depicted_in gptkb:physicist
northern hemisphere
gptkbp:diameter approximately 60,000 light years
gptkbp:discovered_by gptkb:William_Herschel
gptkbp:distance 23 million light years
gptkbp:exhibition gptkb:New_General_Catalogue
gptkbp:has_color B-V = 0.6
gptkbp:has_spectral_type SAB(rs)bc
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label NGC 4258
gptkbp:includes astronomical catalogs
gptkbp:is_associated_with water masers
gptkbp:is_equipped_with two prominent spiral arms
gptkbp:is_known_for gptkb:Messier_106
gptkbp:is_observed_in gptkb:Hubble_Space_Telescope
radio wavelengths
infrared wavelengths
gptkbp:is_part_of gptkb:the_local_supercluster
gptkb:Hubble_Space_Telescope_Legacy_Archive
gptkb:Messier_catalog
local group of galaxies
the Virgo cluster
gptkbp:is_studied_in astrophysics
stellar populations
galaxy dynamics
gptkbp:is_used_for distance measurement in astronomy
gptkbp:is_used_in distance ladder calculations
gptkbp:lighting high surface brightness
magnitude 9.6
gptkbp:located_in gptkb:Virgo_constellation
declination +47° 18′ 12″
right ascension 12h 18m 57.6s
gptkbp:mass approximately 10^11 solar masses
gptkbp:members gptkb:NGC_4258_group
gptkbp:notable_for its spiral structure
its high surface brightness.
its active nucleus
its water maser emissions
gptkbp:notable_models spiral galaxy with a bar
gptkbp:redshift 0.0014
gptkbp:research black hole studies
galaxy formation theories
gptkbp:significance gptkb:spacecraft
gptkbp:speed approximately 500 km/s
gptkbp:type gptkb:galaxy
gptkbp:year_created 1786
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Messier_106
gptkb:Ursa_constellation_group
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5