NGC 4858
| Galaxy NGC 4858 |
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| The spiral galaxy NGC 4858 to the left of the elliptical galaxy NGC 4860 in the center, as seen 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 59 m 02.0 s |
| declination | + 28 ° 06 ′ 57 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | SBb |
| Brightness (visual) | 15.2 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 16.0 mag |
| Angular expansion | 0.5 ′ × 0.4 ′ |
| Position angle | 36 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.3 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 1656 |
| Redshift | 0.031475 +/- 0.000027 |
| Radial velocity | 9436 +/- 8 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(422 ± 30) · 10 6 ly (129.5 ± 9.1) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | April 21, 1865 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4858 • PGC 44535 • CGCG 160-213 • MCG + 05-31-051 • IRAS 12566 + 2823 • KUG 1256 + 283 • 2MASX J12590210 + 2806559 • GC 5691 • NVSS J125902 + 280658 | |
NGC 4858 is a 15.2 mag bright bar-spiral galaxy with a high rate of star formation of the Hubble type "SBb" in the constellation Haar der Berenike in the northern sky . It is estimated to be 422 million light years from the Milky Way , about 60,000 ly in diameter, and a member of the Coma galaxy cluster .
In the same area of the sky are u. a. the galaxies NGC 4860 , NGC 4865 , IC 3943 , IC 3955 .
The object was discovered by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on April 21, 1865 .
Web links
Commons : NGC 4858 - collection of images, videos, and audio files
- NGC 4858. SIMBAD, accessed February 18, 2015 .
- NGC 4858. DSO Browser, accessed February 18, 2015 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 4858. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on February 18, 2015 .
- astronews.com: Picture of the day September 19, 2018