NGC 4274

NGC 4274 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the constellation Coma Berenices. It is located at a distance of circa 45 million light years from Earth, which, given its apparent dimensions, means that NGC 4274 is about 95,000 light years across. It was discovered by William Herschel in 1785.

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NGC 4274 is characterized by its overlapping outer arms, forming a ring structure with apparent diameter 2.8′. The inner arms begin near the edge of the bulge and they are bright and dusty, with dust lanes that are more prominent at the near side. Outside the near-ring a set of fainter outer arms has been detected. These outer arms also form a ring, with diameter 5.9′. A third rings exists near the nucleus. The nuclear ring has semimajor axis 9″, which corresponds to 680 parsec at that distance.

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