NGC 4787
| Galaxy NGC 4787 |
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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 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 |
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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 .