NGC 4854

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Galaxy
NGC 4854
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation Berenike's hair
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 12 h 58 m 47.4 s
declination + 27 ° 40 ′ 29 ″
Appearance
Morphological type SB0  
Brightness  (visual) 14.0 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.0 mag
Angular expansion 1.2 '× 0.8'
Position angle 57 °
Surface brightness 13.8 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.027933 ± 0.000037  
Radial velocity 8374 ± 11 km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(375 ± 26)  x  10 6  ly
(114.9 ± 8.0)  Mpc 
history
discovery Heinrich d'Arrest
Discovery date April 24, 1865
Catalog names
NGC  4854 • PGC  44502 • MCG  + 05-31-49 •

NGC 4853 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0 in the constellation Haar der Berenike in the northern sky . It is an estimated 375 million light years from the Milky Way .
The object was discovered on April 24, 1865 by Heinrich d'Arrest .

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e f SEDS : NGC 4854
  3. Seligman