NGC 4849
Galaxy NGC 4849 / IC 3935 |
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NGC 4849 with LEDA 1775617 ( top ), IC 838 & LEDA 1773676 ( bottom ) SDSS | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Berenike's hair |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 12 h 58 m 12.7 s |
declination | + 26 ° 23 ′ 49 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | S0 / LINER |
Brightness (visual) | 13.1 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 14.1 mag |
Angular expansion | 1.9 ′ × 1.4 ′ |
Position angle | 175 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.8 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Redshift | 0.019630 ± 0.000087 |
Radial velocity | 5885 ± 26 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(263 ± 19) x 10 6 ly (80.7 ± 5.7) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Heinrich d'Arrest |
Discovery date | March 4, 1867 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 4849 • IC 3935 • UGC 8086 • PGC 44424 • CGCG 160.56 • MCG + 05-31-044 • 2MASX J12581261 + 2623486 • GC 5687 • GALEX ASC J125812.75 + 262349.1 • LDCE 926 NED035 • WISEA J125812.67 + 262348.7 • HOLM 495A |
NGC 4849 = IC 3935 is a 13.1 mag bright lens-shaped galaxy of the Hubble-type S0 with an active galaxy core in the constellation Haar der Berenike in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 263 million light-years from the Milky Way and about 150,000 light-years across . Together with IC 838 , it forms the optical pair of galaxies Holm 495 .
In the same area of the sky is u. a. the galaxy NGC 4859 , IC 835 , IC 837 , IC 834 .
The object was discovered twice; first on March 4, 1867 by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest (observation recorded as NGC 4849 ); then on June 12, 1895 by Stéphane Javelle (listed as IC 3935 ).
Web links
- NGC 4849. SIMBAD , accessed February 18, 2015 .
- NGC 4849. DSO Browser, accessed February 18, 2015 .
- Auke Slotegraaf : NGC 4849. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on February 18, 2015 .