NGC 4827
| Galaxy NGC 4827 |
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![NGC 4827 with SDSS J125651.30 + 271103.5 (l) & LEDA 126888 (lo) [1] SDSS](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:NGC4827_-_SDSS_DR14.jpg)
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| NGC 4827 with SDSS J125651.30 + 271103.5 (l) & LEDA 126888 (lo) SDSS | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Berenike's hair |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 56 m 43.530 s |
| declination | + 27 ° 10 ′ 43.10 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0 / LINER |
| Brightness (visual) | 12.9 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 13.9 likes |
| Angular expansion | 1.4 ′ × 1.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 48 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.4 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 1656 WBL 426 |
| Redshift | 0.025451 ± 0.000031 |
| Radial velocity | 7630 ± 9 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(341 ± 24) x 10 6 ly (104.7 ± 7.3) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Wilhelm Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 11, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4827 • UGC 8065 • PGC 44178 • CGCG 160-028 • MCG + 05-31-016 • 2MASX J12564351 + 2710438 • GC 3319 • H II 384 • h 1485 • GALEX MSC J125643.53 + 271043.2 • LDCE 926 NED027 • NSA 103641 | |
NGC 4827 is a 12.9 mag bright elliptical galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Haar der Berenike in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 341 million light years from the Milky Way and about 140,000 light years in diameter. The galaxy is a member of the Coma galaxy cluster Abell 1656 .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4819 , NGC 4821 , IC 3900 , IC 3913 .
The object was discovered on April 11, 1785 by Wilhelm Herschel with an 18.7-inch reflector telescope, who described it as "F, pL".