NGC 4859
| Galaxy NGC 4859 |
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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 59 m 01.8 s |
| declination | + 26 ° 48 ′ 56 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0-a |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.7 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.6 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.3 ′ × 0.8 ′ |
| Position angle | 95 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.6 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Affiliation | Abell 1656 |
| Redshift | 0.023896 ± 0.000036 |
| Radial velocity | (7164 ± 11) km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(321 ± 23) x 10 6 ly (98.3 ± 6.9) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Heinrich d'Arrest |
| Discovery date | April 21, 1865 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 4859 • UGC 8097 • PGC 44534 • CGCG 160-071 • MCG + 05-31-053 • 2MASX J12590180 + 2648569 • GC 5692 • LDCE 0926 NED041 | |
NGC 4859 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0-a in the constellation Haar der Berenike . It is estimated to be 321 million light-years away from the Milky Way and has a diameter of about 125,000 ly. a. the galaxies NGC 4849 , NGC 4892 , IC 835 , IC 837 .
The object was discovered by Heinrich Louis d'Arrest on April 21, 1865 .
Web links
- NGC 4859. SIMBAD, accessed February 18, 2015 .
- NGC 4859. DSO Browser, accessed February 18, 2015 .
- Auke Slotegraaf: NGC 4859. Deep Sky Observer's Companion, accessed on February 18, 2015 .