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NGC 4559
Coma Berenices
Penryn, California
June 2004
FS-128G (ag, ST-4)
ST-10XME LRGB 15 each

NGC 4559 is classified SBc with a surface brightness of magnitude 13.0.  It contains an intermediate-mass black hole or holes and is at about 30-35 million light years distant.

Active star formation is ongoing in this galaxy.