NGC 4848
| Galaxy NGC 4848 |
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| Taken with the Hubble Space Telescope | |
| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Berenike's hair |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 58 m 05.6 s |
| declination | + 28 ° 14 ′ 34 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SBab: / HII / AGN |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.6 ′ × 0.5 ′ |
| Position angle | 158 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 1656 |
| Redshift | 0.023513 ± 0.000033 |
| Radial velocity | 7049 ± 10 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(316 ± 22) · 10 6 ly (96.8 ± 6.8) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | April 21, 1865 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4848 • UGC 8082 • PGC 44405 • CGCG 160-055 • MCG + 05-31-039 • IRAS 12556 + 2830 • KUG 1255 + 285 • 2MASX J12580552 + 2814335 • GC 5686 • LEDA 44405 • LDCE 926 NED034 | |
NGC 4848 is an active bar-spiral galaxy with extensive star formation areas of the Hubble type SBc in the constellation Haar der Berenike in the northern sky . It is an estimated 316 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 150,000 ly. The galaxy is a member of the Coma galaxy cluster Abell 1656 .
The galaxies NGC 4851 , NGC 4858 , IC 839 , IC 3943 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on April 21, 1865 .
Web links
- NGC 4848. SIMBAD, accessed February 18, 2015 .
- NGC 4848. DSO Browser, accessed February 18, 2015 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 4848. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on February 18, 2015 (English).