NGC 4278
NGC 4278
NGC 4278 is an elliptical galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices. It is receding from us at about 628 km/s.
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Elliptical
type · E
10.2
apparent magnitude
628 km/s
receding (RC3)
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Recession velocity from RC3 (de Vaucouleurs et al. 1991, via NASA/HEASARC, public domain). No reliable distance is available, so none is shown.