NGC 4500

NGC 4500 is a barred spiral galaxy in the constellation Ursa Major. The galaxy was discovered on April 17, 1789 by William Herschel.^[6] It is a blue compact galaxy.^[2]

NGC 4500
HST image of NGC 4500 (upper left)
Observation data (J2000 epoch)
Constellation	Ursa Major
Right ascension	12h 31m 22.15431s[1]
Declination	+57° 57′ 52.6226″[1]
Redshift	0.0110[2]
Heliocentric radial velocity	3280 km/s[2]
Distance	157.5 Mly (48.30 Mpc)[3]
Apparent magnitude (V)	12.52[4]
Apparent magnitude (B)	13.12[4]
Characteristics
Type	SB(s)a[5]
Other designations
UGC 7667, MCG +10-18-062, Mrk 213, PGC 41436[2]

Its distance from Earth is approximately 50 million parsecs.^[3]