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Galaxy in the constellation Virgo
NGC 4461 (also known as NGC 4443) is a
lenticular galaxy located about 50 million
light-years away
[2] in the
constellation of
Virgo.
[3] It was discovered by astronomer
William Herschel on April 12, 1784.
[4] NGC 4461 is a member of
Markarian's Chain which is part of the
Virgo Cluster.
[5]
Interaction with NGC 4458
NGC 4461 is in a pair with the nearby galaxy
NGC 4458.
[6] It has undergone a tidal interaction with NGC 4458.
[7]
See also
References
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"NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 4461. Retrieved 2017-08-09.
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"Your NED Search Results". ned.ipac.caltech.edu. Retrieved 2017-08-09.
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^ Rojas, Sebastián García.
"Galaxy NGC 4461 - Galaxy in Virgo Constellation · Deep Sky Objects Browser". DSO Browser. Retrieved 2017-08-09.
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"New General Catalog Objects: NGC 4450 - 4499". cseligman.com. Retrieved 2017-08-01.
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^ Markarian, B.E. (December 1961).
"Physical chain of galaxies in the Virgo cluster and its dynamic instability" (PDF). Astronomical Journal. 66: 555–557.
Bibcode:
1961AJ.....66..555M.
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"NGC 4461".
SIMBAD.
Centre de données astronomiques de Strasbourg. Retrieved 2017-08-09.
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^ Morelli, L.; Halliday, C.; Corsini, E. M.; Pizzella, A.; Thomas, D.; Saglia, R. P.; Davies, R. L.; Bender, R.; Birkinshaw, M.; Bertola, F. (19 July 2004).
"Nuclear stellar discs in low-luminosity elliptical galaxies: NGC 4458 and 4478" (PDF). Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 354 (3): 753–762.
arXiv:
astro-ph/0408084.
Bibcode:
2004MNRAS.354..753M.
doi:
10.1111/j.1365-2966.2004.08236.x.
S2CID
13933949.
External links