NGC 4482

NGC 4482 is a dwarf elliptical galaxy located about 60 million light-years away^[3] in the constellation Virgo.^[4] NGC 4482 was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on March 15, 1784. It was rediscovered by astronomer Arnold Schwassmann on September 6, 1900 and was listed as IC 3427.^[5] It is a member of the Virgo Cluster.^[6]

NGC 4482
SDSS image of NGC 4482.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Virgo
Right ascension	12h 30m 10.3s[1]
Declination	10° 46′ 46″[1]
Redshift	0.006241/1871 km/s[1]
Distance	58.7 Mly[2]
Group or cluster	Virgo Cluster
Apparent magnitude (V)	13.9[1]
Characteristics
Type	dE5[1]
Size	~30,450 ly (estimated)[1]
Apparent size (V)	1.41 x 0.84[1]
Other designations
IC 3427, CGCG 70-130, MCG 2-32-98, PGC 41272, UGC 7640, VCC 1261[1]

See also

• List of NGC objects (4001–5000)
• Messier 32
• NGC 4458