NGC 4893
| Galaxy NGC 4893 |
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| SDSS | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Hunting dogs |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 59 m 59.6 s |
| declination | + 37 ° 11 ′ 36 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 |
| Brightness (visual) | 14.5 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 15.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.4 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
| Position angle | 0 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.035394 ± 0.000107 |
| Radial velocity | 10,611 ± 32 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(476 ± 33) · 10 6 ly (146 ± 10.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | April 24, 1865 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4893 • IC 4015 • UGC 8111 • PGC 44690 • CGCG 189-10 • MCG + 06-29-008 • 2MASX J12595961 + 3711359 • VV 222 • GC 5700 • | |
NGC 4893 = IC 4015 is a 14.5 mag bright elliptical galaxy of the Hubble type E2? pec? in the constellation of the hounds . It is around 476 million light years away from the Milky Way .
The galaxy, together with the non-NGC object IC 4016 (also called NGC 4893 A ), forms a gravitational double galaxy and was discovered by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on April 24, 1865 .