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Virgo A / M87

Virgo A / M87, M87, NGC 4486, Virgo A, 3C 274

Virgo A / M87
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Object type
active_galaxy
Constellation
Not supplied by the source catalog
Right ascension
187.7059°
Declination
12.3911°
Reference frame
Not supplied by the source catalog
Distance
53500000.00274644 ly
Distance kind
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Uncertainty
Not supplied by the source catalog
Apparent magnitude
8.6
Catalog source
curated_extragalactic_survey
Catalog epoch
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Position epoch
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Selection caveat
Not supplied by the source catalog
Cosmology
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