page_title: NGC 4559
hierarchical_section_title: NGC 4559
caption_attribution_description: English: Color rendering is done by by Aladin-software (2000A&amp;AS..143...33B.)
context_page_description: NGC 4559 is an intermediate spiral galaxy with a weak inner ring structure in the constellation Coma Berenices. Distance estimates for NCG 4559 range from about 29 million light-years to 51 million light-years, averaging about 29 million light-years.
  NGC 4559 is a member of the Coma I Group.
  Two supernovae have been recorded in NGC 4559, A Type II-L supernova in 1941 and an unclassified supernova event in 2019.
  In 2016, a luminous blue variable experienced a supernova-like outburst in NGC 4559, designated AT2016blu.
context_section_description: NGC 4559 (also known as Caldwell 36) is an intermediate spiral galaxy with a weak inner ring structure in the constellation Coma Berenices. Distance estimates for NCG 4559 range from about 29 million light-years to 51 million light-years, averaging about 29 million light-years.
  NGC 4559 is a member of the Coma I Group.
  Two supernovae have been recorded in NGC 4559, A Type II-L supernova in 1941 (SN 1941A) and an unclassified supernova event in 2019.
  In 2016, a luminous blue variable experienced a supernova-like outburst in NGC 4559, designated AT2016blu.
caption: NGC 4559 imaged by the Hubble Space Telescope
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