NGC 4551

NGC 4551 is an elliptical galaxy located about 70 million light-years away^[3] in the constellation Virgo.^[4] It was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on April 17, 1784.^[5] NGC 4551 appears to lie close to the lenticular galaxy NGC 4550. However, both galaxies show no sign of interaction and have different red shifts.^[6] Both galaxies are also members of the Virgo Cluster.^[7][6]

NGC 4551
SDSS image of NGC 4551
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Virgo
Right ascension	12h 35m 37.9s[1]
Declination	12° 15′ 50″[1]
Redshift	0.003923[1]
Heliocentric radial velocity	1176 km/s[1]
Distance	67 Mly[2]
Group or cluster	Virgo Cluster
Apparent magnitude (V)	12.97[1]
Characteristics
Type	E2[1]
Size	~29,340 ly (estimated)[1]
Apparent size (V)	1.8 x 1.4[1]
Other designations
CGCG 70-183, MCG 2-32-148, PGC 41963, UGC 7759, VCC 1630[1]

See also

• List of NGC objects (4001–5000)
• Dwarf elliptical galaxy