This beautiful flocculent (fluffy or wooly-appearing) spiral galaxy's vital statistics:
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Object Name:
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NGC 4414 |
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Object Description:
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Spiral Galaxy |
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Position (J2000):
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R.A. 12h 26m 27s
Dec. +31° 13' 29" |
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Constellation :
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Coma Berenices |
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Total Visual Magnitude:
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V=10.1 magnitude |
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Distance:
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19.1 megaparsecs (62,000,000 light years) |
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Optical Diameter:
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17,000 parsecs (56,000 light years) |
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To: petuniasevan
Awesome!
6 posted on
04/03/2002 5:35:18 AM PST by
aomagrat
To: petuniasevan
Gorgeous!!
To: petuniasevan
NGC 4414 would be smaller than the Milky Way. It looks like there have not been many supernovas to set up the defined starcycle waves defining spiral arms, and by consilience there would be no life above bacteria within NGC4414.
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