NGC 4548

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NGC 4548 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Coma Berenices and is a member of the Virgo Cluster.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
NGC 4548 canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf barred spiral galaxy ⓘ
alsoKnownAs M91 ⓘ
Messier 91 ⓘ
PGC 41934 ⓘ
UGC 7753 ⓘ
angularSize 5.4′ × 4.3′ ⓘ
apparentMagnitudeB 11.0 ⓘ
apparentMagnitudeV 10.2 ⓘ
belongsTo Local Supercluster ⓘ
linked to: Virgo Supercluster
bestSeenIn spring ⓘ
catalog Messier Catalogue ⓘ
linked to: Messier catalogue

New General Catalogue ⓘ
catalogNumber M91 ⓘ
NGC 4548 ⓘ
constellation Coma Berenices ⓘ
declination +14° 29′ 47″ ⓘ
discoverer William Herschel ⓘ
discoveryDate 1784-03-18 ⓘ
distanceFromEarth about 15 Mpc ⓘ
about 50 million light-years ⓘ
galaxyType barred spiral ⓘ
hasBarStructure yes ⓘ
hasCentralBar prominent ⓘ
hasClassification SB(rs)ab ⓘ
hasMorphology ring-like inner structure ⓘ
hasNucleus yes ⓘ
hasSpiralArms yes ⓘ
hasStarFormation yes ⓘ
hostCluster Virgo Cluster ⓘ
HubbleType SBb ⓘ
isInSkyRegion northern celestial hemisphere ⓘ
isNearbyGalaxy yes ⓘ
isObservableWith amateur telescopes ⓘ
isPartOf Virgo Cluster substructure ⓘ
locatedInSupercluster Virgo Supercluster ⓘ
locatedNear center of Virgo Cluster on the sky ⓘ
memberOf Virgo Cluster ⓘ
messierNumber 91 ⓘ
morphologicalType SB(rs)ab ⓘ
SBb ⓘ
namedAfter New General Catalogue designation ⓘ
observedIn optical wavelengths ⓘ
radio wavelengths ⓘ
orientation moderately inclined to line of sight ⓘ
radialVelocity 1140 km/s ⓘ
redshift 0.003802 ⓘ
rightAscension 12h 35m 26s ⓘ
surfaceBrightness low to moderate ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Virgo Cluster → containsGalaxy → NGC 4548 ⓘ
M91 → hasDesignation → NGC 4548 ⓘ
NGC 4548 → catalogNumber → NGC 4548 ⓘ