NGC 4479

{{Short description|Galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices}}

{{Infobox Galaxy

| name = NGC 4479

| image = NGC4479 - SDSS DR14.jpg

| image_size = 250px

| caption = NGC 4479 by SDSS

| epoch = J2000

| type = SB0^0(s){{cite web

| title=NASA/IPAC Extragalactic Database

| work=Results for NGC 4479

| url=http://nedwww.ipac.caltech.edu/

| access-date=2017-09-30}}

| ra = {{RA|12|30|18.4}}

| dec = {{DEC|13|34|40}}

| dist_ly = 59.7 Mly

| group_cluster = Virgo Cluster

| z = 0.002922/876 km/s

| appmag_v = 13.4

| size_v = 1.38 x 1.10

| constellation name = Coma Berenices

| names = CGCG 70-134, MCG 2-32-100, PGC 41302, UGC 7646, VCC 1283

|size=~26,860 ly (estimated) }}

NGC 4479 is a barred lenticular galaxy located about 60 million light-years away{{Cite web|url=https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/objsearch?objname=NGC+4479&extend=no&hconst=73&omegam=0.27&omegav=0.73&corr_z=1&out_csys=Equatorial&out_equinox=J2000.0&obj_sort=RA+or+Longitude&of=pre_text&zv_breaker=30000.0&list_limit=5&img_stamp=YES|title=Your NED Search Results|website=ned.ipac.caltech.edu|access-date=2017-10-01}} in the constellation of Coma Berenices.{{Cite web|url=https://dso-browser.com/deep-sky/5525/ngc-4479/galaxy|title=Galaxy NGC 4479 - Barred Lenticular Galaxy in Coma Berenices Constellation · Deep Sky Objects Browser|last=Rojas|first=Sebastián García|website=DSO Browser|language=en|access-date=2017-10-01}} NGC 4479 was discovered by astronomer William Herschel on April 8, 1784.{{Cite web|url=http://cseligman.com/text/atlas/ngc44a.htm#4479|title=New General Catalog Objects: NGC 4450 - 4499|website=cseligman.com|language=en-US|access-date=2017-10-01}} It is a member of the Virgo Cluster.{{Cite web|url=https://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/cgi-bin/NEDatt?objname=NGC+4479|title=Detailed Object Classifications|website=ned.ipac.caltech.edu|access-date=2017-10-01}}