NGC_4605

NGC 4605

NGC 4605

Galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major

NGC 4605 is a dwarf barred spiral galaxy[6] in the constellation Ursa Major, located at a distance of 18.1 ± 0.3 megalight-years from the Milky Way.[5] Physically it is similar in size and in B-band absolute magnitude to the Large Magellanic Cloud.[6] It is a member of the M81 Galaxy Group, along with Messier 81 and Messier 101.[9]

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    "NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database". Results for NGC 4605. Retrieved 2010-05-14.
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    Tully, R. Brent; et al. (October 2013). "Cosmicflows-2: The Data". The Astronomical Journal. 146 (4): 25. arXiv:1307.7213. Bibcode:2013AJ....146...86T. doi:10.1088/0004-6256/146/4/86. S2CID 118494842. 86.
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    Karachentsev, Igor D.; Kaisin, Serafim S. (May 2007). "A View of the M81 Galaxy Group via the Hα Window". The Astronomical Journal. 133 (5): 1883–1902. arXiv:astro-ph/0701465. Bibcode:2007AJ....133.1883K. doi:10.1086/512127. S2CID 117916931.


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