NGC 4856
| Galaxy NGC 4856 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | Virgin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 12 h 59 m 21.27 s |
| declination | -15 ° 02 ′ 31.8 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SB (s) 0 / a |
| Brightness (visual) | 10.6 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 11.5 likes |
| Angular expansion | 4.3 ′ × 1.2 ′ |
| Position angle | 37 ° |
| Surface brightness | 12.2 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | NGC-4856 Group ( Virgo II Group ) |
| Redshift | 0.004513 +/- 0.000023 |
| Radial velocity | (1353 ± 7) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(55 ± 4) · 10 6 ly (16.9 ± 1.2) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | William Herschel |
| Discovery date | February 8, 1785 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4856 • UGCA 313 • PGC 44582 • MCG -02-33-078 • 2MASX J12592127-1502318 • GC 3337 • H I 68 • h 1497 • LDCE 904 NED286 | |
NGC 4856 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type SB0-a in the constellation Virgo on the ecliptic . It is an estimated 55 million light years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of around 70,000 ly. The galaxy has an angular extent of 4.3 '× 1.2' and an apparent magnitude of 10.6 mag.
The galaxies NGC 4877 , NGC 4887 , NGC 4902 , NGC 4924 are located in the same area of the sky .
The object was discovered on February 8, 1785 by the German-British astronomer Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel .