NGC 4515

NGC 4515 is a lenticular galaxy located about 57 million light-years away^[3] in the constellation Coma Berenices.^[4] NGC 4515 was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on March 21, 1784.^[5] The galaxy is a member of the Virgo Cluster.^[6]

NGC 4515
SDSS image of NGC 4515.
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Coma Berenices
Right ascension	12h 33m 05.0s[1]
Declination	16° 15′ 56″[1]
Redshift	0.003172/951 km/s[1]
Distance	56.7 Mly[2]
Group or cluster	Virgo Cluster
Apparent magnitude (V)	13.3[1]
Characteristics
Type	S0^-[1]
Size	~25,350 ly (estimated)[1]
Apparent size (V)	1.3 x 1.1[1]
Other designations
PGC 41652, UGC 7701, VCC 1475[1]

See also

• List of NGC objects (4001–5000)
• NGC 4503