| NGC4559 / Galaxy, type SAB(rs)cd II-III |
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| R.A. | 12h 35m 57.3s (2000.0) |
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| Dec. | +27° 57' 53" (2000.0) |
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| Apparent Size | 10.8×4.4' |
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| Radial Velocity | 683km/s |
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| Magnitude | 10.2 |
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| Distance | 30 million light yrs. |
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| Group of Galaxies | NGC4631 Group |
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| Other IDs | UGC7766, MCG5-30-30
CGCG159-24, PGC42002 |
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A galaxy of NGC4559 belongs to a constellation of Coma Berenices, and the galaxy is lying just 2 degrees of NGC4565,
which is a very popular edge-on galaxy. NGC4559 has major axis and visual magnitude of 10 arc minutes and 10.2, respectively.
Actually these size and brightness are almost equal to those of NGC4565.
A galaxy of NGC4565 is very familiar as an example of edge-on appearance, while NGC4559 isn't so well known because of its figure without characteristics.
Though the galaxy will show you a simple lump of dimmed light with scopes,
indistinct arms are detected on films and it's understood that the galaxy has spiral structure a bit tilted from being edge-on.
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