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Proper Names	None
Messier Number	None
NGC/IC Number	NGC 4453
Constellation	Virgo
Right Ascension	12h 29m 37s
Declination	+6° 25' 20"
Distance	c.513,400,000 light years c.157,400,000 parsecs
Magnitude	Apparent: +14.9 Absolute: -21.1
Mean Diameter	Apparent: 0.5' Actual: c.75,000 light years
Hubble Type	Spiral class Sc
Optimum Visibility	April
Notes	A spiral galaxy forming part of a small and compact galaxy group. Though NGC 4453 lies in the same part of the sky as the vast Virgo Cluster of galaxies, this spiral and its companions lie far beyond that cluster, and are in fact some ten times more distant from the Milky Way.

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