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NGC 4478

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Right ascension: 12h 30m 17.42s
Declination: +12° 19′ 42.8″
Galactic l, b: 283.39, 74.39
Magnitude V: 11.45
Redshift z: 0.00469
Radial velocity: 1,402.7 km/s
Angular size: 1.25′ × 1.05′

Also known as

25 identifiers

2MASS J12301741+12194242MASX J12301743+12194282XMM J123017.3+121944A3 308ACSVCS 26EVCC 774Gaia DR3 3907703155915312000LEDA 41297NGC 4478NGVS J123017.42+121942.8SDSS J123017.41+121942.7TIC 365991899UGC 7645UZC J123017.4+121943VCC 1279VPC 736Z 1227.8+1236Z 70-133[BEC2010] HRS 181[CHM2007] HDC 720 J123017.43+1219428[CHM2007] LDC 904 J123017.43+1219428[DLB87] V11[FWB89] Galaxy 268MCG+02-32-099[TH2002] 21

In the same field

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Object	Type	Separation	V
[PLP2016] 187.588040+12.320122	GlobCluster	62.32″	—
[PLP2016] 187.592458+12.317792	GlobCluster	79.95″	—
NGVS J123026.56+122044.6	LowSurfBrghtG	147.5″	—
[PLP2016] 187.608592+12.355213	GlobCluster	158.9″	—
[PLP2016] 187.550762+12.368730	GlobCluster	163.7″	—
[PLP2016] 187.625363+12.328418	GlobCluster	185.7″	—
[PLP2016] 187.612615+12.365112	GlobCluster	192.7″	—
NGVS J123030.86+121841.7	GlobCluster	206.3″	—
[SRB2011] H43155	GlobCluster	211.6″	—
[PLP2016] 187.627916+12.301451	GlobCluster	217.8″	—
NGVS J123016.54+121556.8	LowSurfBrghtG	226.3″	—

Provenance

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Machine-readable: /api/v1/object/ngc-4478 · Registry entry updated 2026-08-14.