A 10th-magnitude lenticular galaxy in Coma
Berenices, NGC 4293 is "faint, very large, extended, little
brighter middle, mottled but not resolved". Based on a
recessional velocity of 895 km/sec, NGC 4293 is about 40 million
light years away, in good agreement with redshift-independent
distance estimates of 27 to 55 million light years. Given that
and its apparent size of 5.6 by 2.6 arcmin, it is about 70
thousand light years across. Listed as a member (VCC 460) of the
Virgo Cluster.
