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NGC 4657

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NGC 4657

Summary

NGC 4657 is a galaxy[1]. NGC 4657 has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • NGC 4657 is credited with the discovery of William Herschel[3].
  • NGC 4657's image is recorded as NGC 4656GALEX.jpg[4].
  • NGC 4657's instance of is recorded as galaxy[5].
  • NGC 4657's constellation is recorded as Canes Venatici[6].
  • NGC 4657's galaxy morphological type is recorded as dI[7].
  • NGC 4657's part of is recorded as NGC 4656 and NGC 4657[8].
  • NGC 4657's Commons category is recorded as NGC 4657[9].
  • NGC 4657's catalog code is recorded as NGC 4657[10].
  • NGC 4657's catalog code is recorded as IRAS F12416+3228[11].
  • NGC 4657's catalog code is recorded as IRAS 12417+3228[12].
  • NGC 4657's catalog code is recorded as SDSS J124411.17+321221.6[13].
  • NGC 4657's catalog code is recorded as 1RXS J124410.2+321252[14].
  • NGC 4657's catalog code is recorded as PSCz Q12417+3228[15].
  • NGC 4657's time of discovery or invention is recorded as +1787-03-20T00:00:00Z[16].
  • NGC 4657's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0bgtlr[17].
  • NGC 4657's topic's main category is recorded as Category:NGC 4657[18].
  • NGC 4657's redshift is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+0.00229'}[19].
  • NGC 4657's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+12.4'}[20].
  • NGC 4657's apparent magnitude is recorded as {'unit': '1', 'amount': '+18.1476'}[21].
  • NGC 4657's parallax is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q21500224', 'amount': '+0.1851'}[22].
  • NGC 4657's SIMBAD ID is recorded as NGC 4657[23].
  • NGC 4657's New General Catalogue ID is recorded as 4657[24].
  • NGC 4657's right ascension is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+191.0465246153779'}[25].
  • NGC 4657's declination is recorded as {'unit': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q28390', 'amount': '+32.20602255585278'}[26].
  • NGC 4657's epoch is recorded as J2000.0[27].

Body

Works and Contributions

NGC 4657 is credited with the discovery of William Herschel[3].

Why It Matters

NGC 4657 has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . VizieR. wikidata.org.
  4. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . A catalog of visually classified galaxies in the local (z ~ 0.01) universe. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . SIMBAD. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . The SDSS Photometric Catalog, Release 7. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . Gaia Data Release 2. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . Gaia Data Release 2. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Gaia Data Release 2. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Gaia Data Release 2. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Gaia Data Release 2. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_q4044895_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{NGC 4657}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/q4044895}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-07}}
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