NGC 4517

Alt. Designations:

NGC 4517

Object Type:

spiral galaxy

Constellation:

Virgo

Distance:

50 mly

Right Ascension:

12h 32m 45.6s

Declination:

+00° 06´ 56"

Visual Magnitude:

10.5

Apparent Dimension:

10.5´ X 1.5´

Best Month To View:

Apr

NGC 4517 is an edge-on Spiral Galaxy in the Constellation of Virgo. It has a bright center, but no visible nucleus. It has a complex structure with many dark lanes. The galaxy forms a non-interacting pair with NGC 4517A, which lies just above NGC 4517 in the image above. A rough distance estimate for this galaxy (assuming a Hubble Constant of 73 km/sec per MegaParsec) is 50 million light years. At that distance the diameter of the galaxy would be 152,500 light years.