Right ascension 12 10 01.52 Redshift 0.003366 Type SAB(rs)d Magnitude 11.3 Apparent magnitude (V) 11.3 | Declination 39° 53′ 01.9″ Distance 68,000,000 light years Apparent size (V) 5.9' x 4.1' | |
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Similar NGC 4183, NGC 4138, NGC 4121 | ||
NGC 4145 is a barred spiral galaxy located in the Ursa Major galaxy cluster, 68 million light years from the Earth. The galaxy has little star formation, except on its outer edges. Due to the loss of energy that occurs without star formation, some astronomers predict that the galaxy will degenerate into a lenticular galaxy in the near future. However, the galaxy's interaction with NGC 4151 may "maintain [its] star formation".
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