NGC 4522

id: ngc-4522-201-5076832
title: NGC 4522
text: NGC 4522 is an edge-on spiral galaxy located about 60 million light-years away within the Virgo Cluster in the constellation Virgo. NGC 4522 is losing its molecular gas though ram-pressure stripping as it plows though the cluster at a speed of more than 10 million kilometres per hour. The galaxy was discovered by astronomer John Herschel on January 18, 1828.
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description: Spiral galaxy in the constellation of Virgo
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC_4522
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date modified: 2023-12-03T00:15:12Z
main entity: {"identifier":"Q1112233","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1112233"}
image: {"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Ngc4522-hst-R814G606B435.jpg","width":6050,"height":6050}
fields total: 13
integrity: 15

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