* Astronomy

NGC 4651 (also UGC 7901, Arp 189 and PGC 42833) is a magnitude +10.6 inclined spiral galaxy located 35 million light years away in the constellation Coma Berenices.

The galaxy was discovered by German-British astronomer William Herschel using a 47.5 cm (18.7 inch) reflecting telescope at Datchet, Berkshire, on the 30th December 1783.

Right Ascension 12h 43m 42.5s, Declination +16° 23' 37"

This member of the Virgo Cluster, located on its outskirts, is known as the Umbrella Galaxy due to the umbrella-shaped structure that extends from its disk to the east and that it's composed of stellar streams, being the remmants of a much smaller galaxy that has been torn apart by NGC 4651's tidal forces
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