NGC 4853
| Galaxy NGC 4853 |
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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 58 m 35.2 s |
| declination | + 27 ° 35 ′ 47 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | (R ') SA0-? / AGN |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.4 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.4 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.8 '× 0.7' |
| Position angle | 81 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.8 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation |
Abell 1656 WBL 426-047 |
| Redshift | 0.025604 ± 0.000040 |
| Radial velocity | 7676 ± 12 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(343 ± 24) x 10 6 ly (105.3 ± 7.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | John Herschel |
| Discovery date | April 13, 1831 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4853 • UGC 8092 • PGC 44481 • CGCG 160-068 • MCG + 05-31-048 • IRAS 12561 + 2752 • KUG 1256 + 278B • 2MASX J12583518 + 2735467 • GALEX ASC J125835.26 + 273546.9 • LDCE 926 NED038 | |
NGC 4853 is an elliptical galaxy with an active nucleus of the Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Haar der Berenike in the northern sky . It is an estimated 343 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 80,000 ly. The galaxy is considered a member of the Coma galaxy cluster Abell 1656 .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4854 , IC 3957 , IC 3946 , IC 3947 .
The object was discovered by John Herschel on April 13, 1831 .