NGC 4515
| Galaxy NGC 4515 |
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| SDSS recording | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Berenike's hair |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 33 m 05.0 s |
| declination | + 16 ° 15 ′ 56 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0-: |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 '× 1.1' |
| Position angle | 9 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.9 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Virgo cluster NGC 4343 group NGC 4636 group Messier 49 group LGG 292 |
| Redshift | 0.003172 ± 0.000037 |
| Radial velocity | 951 ± 11 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(41 ± 3) x 10 6 ly (12.5 ± 0.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | March 21, 1784 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4515 • UGC 7701 • PGC 41652 • CGCG 099-086 • MCG + 03-32-065 • 2MASX J12330494 + 1615557 • VCC 1475 • GC 3067 • H II 93 • h 1324 • GALEX ASC J123305.02 + 161555.0 • LDCE 904 NED174 | |
NGC 4515 is an elliptical dwarf galaxy of the Hubble type E-S0 in the constellation Coma Berenices in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 41 million light years from the Milky Way and about 20,000 light years across. The galaxy is listed under catalog number VVC 1475 as part of the Virgo galaxy cluster .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4498 , NGC 4502 , IC 3471 , IC 3505 .
The object was discovered by Wilhelm Herschel on March 21, 1784 .