NGC 4787
Galaxy NGC 4787 |
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SDSS recording | |
AladinLite | |
Constellation | Berenike's hair |
Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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Right ascension | 12 h 54 m 05.5 s |
declination | + 27 ° 04 ′ 07 ″ |
Appearance | |
Morphological type | S0-a |
Brightness (visual) | 14.6 mag |
Brightness (B-band) | 15.5 mag |
Angular expansion | 1.1 ′ × 0.3 ′ |
Position angle | 2 ° |
Surface brightness | 13.2 mag / arcmin² |
Physical data | |
Affiliation | Abell 1656 |
Redshift | 0.025301 +/- 0.000090 |
Radial velocity | 7585 +/- 27 km / s |
Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(339 ± 24) x 10 6 ly (104.0 ± 7.3) Mpc |
history | |
discovery | Heinrich d'Arrest |
Discovery date | April 3, 1867 |
Catalog names | |
NGC 4787 • UGC 8026 • PGC 43875 • CGCG 159-111, 160-006 • MCG + 05-30-121 • 2MASX J12540552 + 2704071 • GC 5675 • |
NGC 4787 is a 14.6 likes bright lenticular galaxy of Hubble type S0-a in the constellation Coma Berenices . It is an estimated 339 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 110,000 ly.
In the same area of the sky is the galaxy NGC 4789 .
The object was discovered on April 3, 1867 by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest .
Web links
- NGC 4787. SIMBAD, accessed February 13, 2015 .
- NGC 4787. DSO Browser, accessed February 13, 2015 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 4787. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed February 13, 2015 .