NGC 4694

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NGC 4694 is a lenticular galaxy in the constellation Virgo. Its velocity with respect to the cosmic microwave background is 1481 ± 23 km/s, which corresponds to a Hubble distance of 71.3 ± 5.1 Mly (21.85 ± 1.57 Mpc). However, six non redshift measurements give a distance of 28.51 ± 7.23 Mly (8.742 ± 2.218 Mpc).

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